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Franco-néo-zélandais (French) | |
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 Plaque in Christchurch, dedicated to French settlers in Akaroa | |
| Total population | |
| 7,677 (born in France, 2018)[1] | |
| Regions with significant populations | |
| Auckland Wellington Canterbury | |
| Languages | |
| New Zealand English · French | |
| Religion | |
| Christianity (mainlyRoman Catholicism) · Judaism | |
| Related ethnic groups | |
| French Australians •French British |
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French New Zealanders (French:Franco-néo-zélandais) areNew Zealanders who are ofFrench ancestors or a French-born person who resides in New Zealand.
The French were among the earlier European settlers in New Zealand, and established a colony atAkaroa in theSouth Island.[2]
CaptainJean-François-Marie de Surville is the first known Frenchman to have visited New Zealand,[3] in 1769, and by the 1830s, Frenchwhalers were operating off theBanks Peninsula.[3][4]
French missionaries and priests also had a significant effect on Catholicism in New Zealand. In 1835,Jean-Baptiste Pompallier was the firstbishop 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 theSisters 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 | Percentage of the French population inNew 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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