Serbian New Zealanders

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Serbian New Zealanders
Новозеландски Срби
Novozelandski Srbi
Total population
1,347 [1] (2023 census)
Regions with significant populations
Auckland, Wellington, and Christchurch
Languages
English and Serbian
Religion
Eastern Orthodoxy (Serbian Orthodox Church)
Related ethnic groups
Serbian Australians

Serbian New Zealanders or Serb New Zealanders are New Zealand citizens of ethnic Serb descent or Serbia-born people who reside in New Zealand.

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History

Serbs began to immigrate to New Zealand, mostly individually, during the second half of the 19th century. In the 1940s, Serbian New Zealander potter Jovan Rancich designed many of the products of the Crown Lynn pottery range. [2]

There were recorded Serbs immigrants after the World War II, mostly as political immigrants. It was not until 1968 that the St. Sava Orthodox church and school was founded in Wellington. They intended to build a church, however, some of the more active members died, and the younger ones began to move to Australia for economic reasons, so due to small size of Serb community church was not built, and in 1981 the St. Sava orthodox church and school was abolished.

The largest number of Serbs immigrated after the outbreak of the Yugoslav Wars in the 1990s. For the most part, they were highly qualified professionals. Nowadays, there are two Serbian Orthodox churches in New Zealand, in Wellington and Auckland.

Notable people

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References

  1. https://explore.data.stats.govt.nz/vis?fs%5b0%5d=Society%2C1%7C2023%20Census%23CAT_2023_CENSUS%23%7CEthnicity%2C%20culture%2C%20and%20identity%23CAT_ETHNICITY_CULTURE_AND_IDENTITY%23&pg=0&fc=Society&bp=true&snb=120&df%5bds%5d=ds-nsiws-disseminate&df%5bid%5d=CEN23_ECI_016&df%5bag%5d=STATSNZ&df%5bvs%5d=1.0
  2. Moon, Paul (2009). "Taking Care of Business". In Macdonald, Finlay; Kerr, Ruth (eds.). West: The History of Waitakere. Random House. p. 127. ISBN   9781869790080.
  3. https://www.swanseacity.com/news/swansea-city-complete-transfer-marko-stamenic