Japanese New Zealanders
| Total population | |
|---|---|
| 11,907[1] 13,435[2] (Japanese citizenship) | |
| Regions with significant populations | |
| Auckland, Christchurch, Wellington | |
| Languages | |
| NZ English and Japanese | |
| Religion | |
| Buddhism, Christianity, Shinto, Non-Religious | |
| Related ethnic groups | |
| Japanese diaspora, Japanese Australians |
Japanese New Zealanders (日系ニュージーランド人, Nikkei Nyūjirando-jin) are New Zealand citizens of Japanese ancestry, which may include Japanese immigrants and descendants born in New Zealand.
Education[]
Christchurch
Auckland
Wellington
There are weekend supplementary Japanese education programmes (hoshū jugyō kō) in Auckland, Canterbury/Christchurch, and Wellington.[3]
- Canterbury Japanese Supplementary School (カンタベリー日本語補習校 Kantaberī Nihongo Hoshūkō) - Ilam School, Ilam, Christchurch[4]
- Auckland Japanese Supplementary School (オークランド日本語補習学校 Ōkurando Nihongo Hoshūgakkō)[5]
- Japan-New Zealand Joint Venture School (ウェリントン補習授業校 Werinton Hoshū Jugyō Kō)[6] - Crofton Downs, Wellington
Notable individuals[]
- Jun Arita, graphic designer[7]
- Michael Fitzgerald, professional footballer
- JAY'ED, singer-songwriter
- Shigeyuki Kihara, artist
- Ben McLachlan, professional tennis player
- Kazuyuki Kiyohei Tsukigawa, mariner and Salvation Army officer
- Kayne Vincent, professional footballer
See also[]
References[]
- ^ "Table Builder - Statistics New Zealand". Stats.govt.nz. 1 November 2010. Retrieved 16 December 2012.
- ^ http://www.mofa.go.jp/mofaj/toko/tokei/hojin/12/pdfs/WebBrowse.pdf
- ^ "大洋州の補習授業校一覧（平成25年4月15日現在）" (). MEXT. Retrieved on February 13, 2015.
- ^ "所在地." Canterbury Japanese Supplementary School. Retrieved on February 14, 2015. "66 Ilam Road, Ilam, Christchurch 8041 New Zealand （Ilam School の校舎を借用しています。）"
- ^ "お問い合わせ Archived 2015-04-07 at WebCite." Auckland Japanese Supplementary School. Retrieved on February 1, 2015. "所在地 One Tree Hill College 421-451 Great South Rd, Penrose, Auckland"
- ^ Home page. Japan-New Zealand Joint Venture School. Retrieved on March 31, 2015.
- ^ "Jun Arita". Resene Paints. Retrieved 23 January 2016.
Further reading[]
- Shirakawa, Mineko. "EXPERIMENTAL STUDY OF MORPHOLOGICAL CASE MARKING KNOWLEDGE IN JAPANESE-ENGLISH BILINGUAL CHILDREN IN CHRISTCHURCH NEW ZEALAND" (Archive; master's degree thesis). University of Canterbury, 2013.
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