Punjabi New Zealanders

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Punjabi New Zealanders
Total population
34,227 (2018)
0.73% of the population [1]
Languages
Punjabi  · English  • Māori
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

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]

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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

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  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. 1 2 "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.
  16. ↑ "Sukhi Turner: Politician by choice, Punjabi at heart, Kiwi by nature". The Tribune. 18 February 2020. Retrieved 18 February 2020.
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