French New Zealanders are New Zealanders who are of French ancestors or a French-born person who resides in New Zealand.
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Total population | |
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7,677 (born in France, 2018)[1] | |
Regions with significant populations | |
Auckland Wellington Canterbury | |
Languages | |
New Zealand English · French | |
Religion | |
Christianity (mainly Roman Catholicism) · Judaism | |
Related ethnic groups | |
French Australians • French British |
The French were among the earlier European settlers in New Zealand, and established a colony at Akaroa in the South Island.[2]
Captain Jean-François-Marie de Surville is the first known Frenchman to have visited New Zealand,[3] in 1769, and by the 1830s, French whalers were operating off the Banks Peninsula.[3][4]
French missionaries and priests also had a significant effect on Catholicism in New Zealand. In 1835, Jean-Baptiste Pompallier was the first bishop of any denomination in New Zealand and was known to be sympathetic to Māori interests at the time.[5] Suzanne Aubert came to New Zealand from France in 1860, and founded the Sisters of Compassion in 1892, a religious order of nuns. The cause for her canonization is ongoing,[6] meaning she may become New Zealand's first saint.
Religion
Religion | Percentage of the French population in New Zealand |
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Catholic | 26.2% |
Christian (not further defined) | 3.9% |
Anglican | 3.0% |
No religion | 50.1% |
Object to answering | 7.1% |
Source: 2013 Census[7]
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