English New Zealanders

English New Zealanders
Total population
2 million (of full or partial ancestry)
Regions with significant populations
Nation-wide
Languages
English
Religion
Historically or traditionally Christianity, usually Anglican or other Protestant, with smaller Catholic minority. Increasingly irreligious
Related ethnic groups
Pākehā

English New Zealanders are New Zealanders of English descent, or English-born people currently living in New Zealand. After British explorer James Cook arrived in New Zealand in 1769, many non-Polynesians began to visit and settle in New Zealand, particularly whalers, sealers, and ex-convicts from Australia, often of British (including English) ancestry. After New Zealand became a colony of Britain in 1840, the country began to receive thousands of immigrants, with over 90% of them being from Britain and Ireland and about half of them coming from England.

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