population full population analysis location
The population is generally divided between the two main islands, the North and South. Roughly 3/4 of the population live on the North Island, with 1 in 3 living in Auckland. The following table outlines the major cities:
main urban areas
Auckland
1 050 000
Invercargill
52 000
Wellington
329 000
New Plymounth
48 520
Christchurch
318 000
Nelson
50 000
Hamilton
153 000
Whangarei
44 180
Napier/Hastings
112 000
Wanganui
41 210
Dunedin
112 000
Gisborne
31 480
Palmerston North
75 000
Timaru
27 640
Tauranga
76 000
Kapiti
27 380
Rotorua
55 000
Blenheim
23 637
ethnicity
Roughly 73 percent of New Zealand's population, of approximately 3.7 million, are of European (mainly british) descent. A further 11-12 percent belong to the Maori people, a pacific island group who arrived in New Zealand around 1200 AD. Four percent belong to other pacific island ethnicities, while other minorites, especially Asian, make up the rest.
Approximately 96 percent of the Maori live in the North Island. There are more Samoan people living in Auckland than in Samoa, and about 3/4 of the Niuean population live there also, making it the largest concentration of Polynesians in the world.
religion
New Zealand is predominatly Christian, with the most common denominations being Anglican, at 22 percent, Presbyterian, at 16 percent, and Roman Catholic, at 15 percent. Non-religious people and athiests account for 21 percent, and other minorities, including Judaism, Buddhism, Islam, and other Christian denominations, include Ratana, a Maori religion, account for the rest.
Churches are common all over the country, with mosques, temples and synogogues being found in many main centres.
language
The official languages of New Zealand are English and Maori, although only less than 5 percent speak Maori fluently, and much less as a first language. Almost 100 percent of New Zealanders speak English, and other Polynesian, European, and other languages are spoken by small minorities.
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Roughly 73 percent of New Zealand's population, of approximately 3.7 million, are of European (mainly british) descent. A further 11-12 percent belong to the Maori people, a pacific island group who arrived in New Zealand around 1200 AD. Four percent belong to other pacific island ethnicities, while other minorites, especially Asian, make up the rest.
New Zealand is predominatly Christian, with the most common denominations being Anglican, at 22 percent, Presbyterian, at 16 percent, and Roman Catholic, at 15 percent. Non-religious people and athiests account for 21 percent, and other minorities, including Judaism, Buddhism, Islam, and other Christian denominations, include Ratana, a Maori religion, account for the rest. 
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