Punjabi New Zealanders

Punjabi New Zealanders are New Zealanders who are of Punjabi descent. Their ancestry originates wholly or partially in the Punjab region of South Asia, constituting a subgroup of Indian New Zealanders and Pakistani New Zealanders.[3]

Punjabi New Zealanders
Total population
34,227 (2018)
0.73% of the population[1]
Languages
Punjabi · English
Religion
79.7% Sikhism^
5.2% No religion
4.6% Hinduism
3.9% Islam
3.3% Christianity[2]
Related ethnic groups
Indian New Zealanders · Pakistani New Zealanders
^ Include other religions

According to the 2018 New Zealand census, there were 34,227 Punjabi-speaking individuals in the country.[1] Punjabi was the second most commonly spoken South Asian language in New Zealand after Hindi, and the 14th most common overall.[1]

New Zealand has a historical and growing Sikh community, most of whom originate from Punjab.[4][5] Punjabis were amongst the earliest immigrants from South Asia to arrive in New Zealand alongside the Gujaratis, during what was then the British Raj in the 1890s,[5][6] and some of them married local Māori women, whose offspring became known as Māori Indians.[7]

Notable Punjabi New Zealanders

See also

References
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  2. "2018 Census ethnic group summaries | Stats NZ".
  3. Singh, M.P. (17 December 2021). "Commemorative postage stamp released in New Zealand to mark Punjabi Language Week". SBS News. Retrieved 12 June 2022.
  4. Morris, Paul. "Diverse religions - Sikhs". Te Ara - the Encyclopedia of New Zealand. Retrieved 20 May 2019.
  5. "Indian communities". Teara. 1 March 2015. Retrieved 13 June 2022.
  6. "Early immigration". Teara. 1 March 2015. Retrieved 13 June 2022.
  7. Mayhew, W. R. (1977). Tuapeka: The Land and Its People. Clutha District, New Zealand: Capper Press.
  8. Singh, Manpreet K. (31 January 2017). "MP Kanwaljit Bakshi becomes Parliamentary Private Secretary in New Zealand". SBS News. Retrieved 12 June 2022.
  9. "Patience and Persistence required for a stable democracy in Pakistan". PILDAT. 25 December 2004. Archived from the original on 15 June 2011. Retrieved 7 June 2011.
  10. "Christian Sportsmen who Represented Pakistan". The News Blog. 28 December 2011. Archived from the original on 24 May 2019.
  11. Buckingham, Louise. "Abraham Walley Mahomed Salaman". Dictionary of New Zealand Biography. Ministry for Culture and Heritage. Retrieved 8 October 2016.
  12. "Amandeep Singh". ESPNcricinfo. Retrieved 12 June 2022.
  13. "Bhupinder Singh". ESPNcricinfo. Retrieved 3 June 2016.
  14. McLeod, W. H. "Phomen Singh". Dictionary of New Zealand Biography. Ministry for Culture and Heritage. Retrieved 23 April 2017.
  15. "Ish Sodhi tries his hand at Punjabi commentary for ICC". Tribune India. 5 November 2021. Retrieved 12 June 2022.
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