Office of Ethnic Affairs

The Office of Ethnic Affairs site celebrates New Zealand’s ethnic communities and provides a useful community directory.

Race relations

The race relations section of the Human Rights Commission site contains information about New Zealand’s ethnic diversity.

Social Report 2016

The Ministry of Social Development prepared an annual report on New Zealand society, which included information on levels of inequality.

Statistics New Zealand

The Statistics New Zealand site has many tables and research reports on ethnicity and equality.

Callister, Paul. Special measures to reduce ethnic disadvantage in New Zealand: an examination of their role. Wellington: Institute of Policy Studies, 2007.

Cormack, Donna, and Carey Robson. Ethnicity, national identity and ‘New Zealanders’: considerations for monitoring Māori health and ethnic inequalities. Wellington: Te Rōpū Rangahau Hauora a Eru Pōmare, 2010.

Diverse communities: exploring the migrant and refugee experience in New Zealand. Wellington: Ministry of Social Development, 2008.

Fairbairn-Dunlop, Peggy, and Gabrielle Sisifo Makisi, eds. Making our place: growing up PI in New Zealand. Palmerston North: Dunmore, 2003.

Ghosh, Gautam, and Jacqueline Leckie, eds. Asians and the new multiculturalism in Aotearoa New Zealand. Dunedin: Otago University Press, 2015.

Pearson, David. A dream deferred: the origins of ethnic conflict in New Zealand. Wellington: Allen & Unwin in association with Port Nicholson Press, 1990.

Salesa, Damon. Island time: New Zealand’s Pacific futures. Wellington: Bridget Williams Books, 2017.

Spoonley, Paul. Racism and ethnicity. Rev. ed. Auckland: Oxford University Press, 1993.

Williams, Melissa. Panguru and the city: kāinga tahi, kāinga rua: an urban migration history. Wellington: Bridget Williams Books, 2015.