New Zealand Americans
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New Zealand-Americans are Americans born in New Zealand or born in the United States of America who have New Zealand ancestry. According to the 2010 surveys, there are 19,961 New Zealand Americans.[1] Most them are of European descent, but some hundreds are of indigenous New Zealand descent. Some 925 of those New Zealand-Americans declared they were of Tokelauan origin.[2] The 2000 Census indicated also the existence of 1,994 people of Māori descent in US.[3]
Many New Zealanders came to the United States after World War II. A significant portion (although not the majority) of these immigrants were war brides, because they had married U.S. soldiers who were stationed in the Pacific theater during the war. Since the 1940s, the majority of New Zealanders who have settled in the United States came seeking higher education or employment, especially in work related to finance, import and export, and entertainment industries.
Some small communities of New Zealanders have been created in Chicago area and in Green Bay and Madison, Wisconsin areas.[4]
List of New Zealand Americans
New Zealand Americans include:
- Peter Arnett - TV presenter
- Huntley Campbell - philosopher
- Ray Comfort - fundamentalist Christian evangelist
- Rachel Hunter - model, actress
- Phil Keoghan - host of The Amazing Race
- Lucy Lawless - actress, singer
- Len Lye - artist
- Andrew Niccol - film producer
- William Hayward Pickering - NASA chief
- Clive Revill - character actor
- George Silk - photojournalist
- Peter Snell - athlete
- Jesse Thomas - graphic designer
- Jeremy Waldron - university professor
See also
- American New Zealander (for New Zealanders born in the United States or of American descent)
References
- ^ a b "Total ancestry categories tallied for people with one or more ancestry categories reported 2010 American Community Survey 1-Year Estimates". United States Census Bureau. Retrieved 30 November 2012.
- ^ The Native Hawaiian and Other Pacific Islander Population: 2010 Census, 2010 Census Briefs, United States Bureau of the Census, May 2012
- ^ "Table 1. First, Second, and Total Responses to the Ancestry Question by Detailed Ancestry Code: 2000". U.S. Census Bureau. Retrieved 2013-05-15.
- ^ Encyclopedia of Chicago: New Zealand in Chicago. Posted by Daniel Greene. Retrieved September 29, 2012, to 1:29 pm.
