Story: History of immigration
This graph shows the rise in numbers of those born in the Pacific. Over the period the total increased by over 100,000, from just over 14,000. Even this underestimates the impact of Pacific peoples, since by 2001 if those born in New Zealand were also included, the total number of those with Pacific ethnicity was 231,801.
Source: New Zealand census, 1961–2001
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