Japanese New Zealanders

Japanese New Zealanders
日系ニュージーランド人

Total population
11,907[1] 13,435[2] (Japanese citizenship)
Regions with significant populations
Auckland, Christchurch, Wellington
Languages
NZ English and Japanese
Religion
Buddhism, Christianity, Shinto, Non-Religious
Related ethnic groups
Japanese diaspora, Japanese Australians

Japanese New Zealanders (日系ニュージーランド人 Nikkei Nyūjirando-jin) are New Zealand citizens of Japanese ancestry, which may include Japanese immigrants and descendants born in New Zealand.

Education

There are weekend supplementary Japanese education programmes in Auckland, Canterbury/Christchurch, and Wellington.^[3]

Notable individuals

• Jun Arita, graphic designer^[4]
• Michael Fitzgerald, professional footballer
• JAY'ED, singer-songwriter
• Shigeyuki Kihara, artist
• Kazuyuki Kiyohei Tsukigawa, mariner and salvation army officer
• Kayne Vincent, professional footballer

See also

• Immigration to New Zealand
• Japan–New Zealand relations

References

1. "Table Builder - Statistics New Zealand". Stats.govt.nz. 2010-11-01. Retrieved 2012-12-16.
2. http://www.mofa.go.jp/mofaj/toko/tokei/hojin/12/pdfs/WebBrowse.pdf
3. "大洋州の補習授業校一覧（平成25年4月15日現在）" (Archive). MEXT. Retrieved on February 13, 2015.
4. "Jun Arita". Resene Paints. Retrieved 23 January 2016.

Further reading

• Shirakawa, Mineko. "EXPERIMENTAL STUDY OF MORPHOLOGICAL CASE MARKING KNOWLEDGE IN JAPANESE-ENGLISH BILINGUAL CHILDREN IN CHRISTCHURCH NEW ZEALAND" (Archive; master's degree thesis). University of Canterbury, 2013.