Stats NZ have finally released the full data of the botched 2023 census. There are lots of things you can glean from it, such as the inclusion of sexuality data showing that nearly 12 per cent of Wellington is gay, which makes sense if you think about it. The ethnicity data is also interesting, all part of the “Aotearoa Data Explorer”.
Only around 56 per cent were European New Zealander, a further eight per cent Anglo-Māori and four per cent other mixed European New Zealanders, bringing the total to around 68 per cent if we’re being generous. There is some contention of the use of the term European here, but it has a long history and should be seen as synonymous with ‘New Zealander’ or ‘White New Zealander’.
