Новозеландски Срби Novozelandski Srbi | |
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| 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 |
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Serbian New Zealanders or Serb New Zealanders are New Zealand citizens of ethnic Serb descent or Serbia-born people who reside in New Zealand.
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.
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