Introduction
Tuvaluan People in New Zealand is one of seven profiles on Pacific peoples based on the results from the 2006 Census. The subject population for this profile is the usually resident New Zealand population of Tuvaluans at the time of the 2006 Census.
Tuvaluans are defined as those who specified Tuvaluan as a response to the ethnicity question. Where appropriate, comparisons are made between Tuvaluans born in New Zealand and those born overseas, as well as with the total Pacific and total New Zealand usually resident populations.
Time series information is provided using previous census data. This has not been possible for all topics because changes in the way that some of the data is collected means it cannot always be easily compared across time.
- In 2006, Tuvaluans were the seventh largest Pacific ethnic group in New Zealand, making up 2,625 or 1 percent of New Zealand's Pacific population (265,974).
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- I te 2006, tino Tuvalu ko te tulagafitu o fenua tokouke i fenua o te Pasefika i Niu Sila, te la te aofaki e 2,625 me ko te 1 pasene o tino Pasefika tukuaofaki (265,974) i Niu Sila nei.
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- The Tuvaluan population increased by 34 percent (660) between 2001 and 2006.
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- Te fuainumela o tino Tuvalu ne fanake i te 34 pasene (660) mai te va o te 2001 ki te 2006.
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- The median age of the Tuvaluan population (half are younger and half are older than this age) was 20 years. By comparison, the median ages for the Pacific and total New Zealand populations were 21 years and 36 years, respectively.
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- Te ma‘tua fakatautau i tausaga ko te 20 (o te fuainumela o tino Tuvalu e āfa e mailalo o te 20 tausaga kae āfa mailuga). Ka fakapau ki te ma‘tua i tausaga ki tino Pasefika mo te tukuaofakiga o tino Niu Sila, ko te 21 tausaga mo te 36 tausaga i te fakatulagaga.
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- Tuvaluans born in New Zealand account for 37 percent (954) of the total Tuvaluan population.
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- Tino Tuvalu ne fanau i Niu Sila ne maua aka e 37 pasene (954) o te aofaki o te fuainumela o tino Tuvalu kātoa.
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- 71 percent (1,635) of Tuvaluans are able to hold an everyday conversation in Tuvaluan. This figure has remained steady since 2001.
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- E 71 pasene (1,635) o tino Tuvalu e mafai o faipati me sautala faka-Tuvalu. Te aofaki tenei e tumau eiloa mai te 2001.
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- 96 percent (2,316) of Tuvaluans affiliated with a religion. Of those Tuvaluans who affiliated with a religion, 97 percent (2,244) affiliated with a Christian religion.
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- E 96 pasene (2,316) o tino Tuvalu e iloto i ne talitonuga fakalotu. Mai tino Tuvalu la ko na i talitonuga fakalotu, e 97 pasene (2,244) e iloto i talitonuga Kelisiano.
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- 59 percent (732) of Tuvaluan adults have a formal educational qualification (secondary school or post-school qualification). The comparable figures for the total Pacific and New Zealand populations were 65 percent and 75 percent, respectively.
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- E 59 pasene (732) o tino Tuvalu ma‘tua e isi ne pepaiku mai akoga (Akoga Lasagalua me ko Akoga maluga). Te aofaki ma fakapau ki te tukuaofakiga o te Pasefika mo tino Niu Sila katoa, e 65 pasene mo te 75 pasene i te fakatulagaga.
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- 80 percent (2,109) of the Tuvaluan population live in the Auckland region, which is a 3 percentage point decrease since 2001.
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- E 80 pasene (2,109) o te fuainumela o tino Tuvalu e nofo i Aokilani, te la se 3 pasene poini te fanaifo talu mai te 2001.
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