New Zealanders, colloquially known as Kiwis, are people associated with New Zealand, sharing a common history, culture, and language.
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12 Facts About New Zealanders
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Over one million New Zealanders recorded in the 2013 New Zealand census were born overseas, and by 2021 over a quarter of New Zealanders are estimated to be foreign born.
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New Zealanders have had a cultural influence on a global scale, through film, language, te ao Maori, art, science, music and technology, and founded the modern women's suffrage and anti-nuclear movements.
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New Zealanders were the fathers of nuclear physics, the women's suffrage movement and modern plastic surgery.
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New Zealanders published two proclamations published in the New Zealand Advertiser and Bay Of Islands Gazette issue of 19 June 1840.
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New Zealanders Zealand signed a bilateral agreement for skilled migrants with the Netherlands, and a large number of Dutch immigrants arrived in New Zealanders Zealand.
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However, cultural links between New Zealand and Great Britain are maintained by a common language, sustained immigration from the UK, and the fact that many young New Zealanders spend time in Britain on "overseas experience", known as "OE".
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New Zealanders identify closely with Australians, as a result of the two nations' shared historical, cultural and geographic characteristics.
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New Zealanders are distinctive for their twangy dialect of English and propensity to travel long distances, and are quickly associated with the All Blacks rugby team and the haka.
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New Zealanders is similar in dress and appearance to Britannia, who is said to be the mother of Zealandia.
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One of the many complications in interpreting religious affiliation data in New Zealanders Zealand is the large proportion who object to answering the question, roughly 173,000 in 2013.
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