| Total population | |
|---|---|
| 900 (2022)[1] | |
| Regions with significant populations | |
| Wellington andAuckland | |
| Languages | |
| Neo-Aramaic,English | |
| Religion | |
| Syriac Christianity | |
| Related ethnic groups | |
| Assyrian Australians |
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Assyrians in New Zealand areNew Zealanders ofAssyrian descent or Assyrians who haveNew Zealand citizenship. The Assyrian community in New Zealand began in the 1990s when refugees fromIraq andIran settled in the country.[citation needed]
The majority of Assyrian New Zealanders live in Auckland, in the suburbs ofManurewa andPapatoetoe.[citation needed] They have an Assyrian church of the East and Chaldean Catholic Church. Wellington has a sizeable Assyrian population consisting of several hundred people. Smaller communities can be found inMiramar,Newtown,Strathmore, and in theIsland Bay area.[citation needed]
In 2018, the Assyrian community of New Zealand unveiled a monument at Makara Cemetery in Wellington to immortalize the souls of the Assyrian martyrs in the WW1Assyrian genocide.[2]
The Holy Cross Primary School in Wellington began teaching aboutAssyrian New Year as a subject through theIntensive Oral Language Program, where students learn about Assyrian culture, language and heritage.[3]
Majority of Assyrians in New Zealand adhere to churches of theSyriac Christian tradition. These churches include the:Chaldean Catholic Church,Assyrian Church of the East,Ancient Church of the East and theSyriac Orthodox Church.
According to the 2013 Census:[4]
The statistic of the number of Assyrians in New Zealand may be inaccurate as many Assyrians would identify as Iraqi or Middle Eastern before Assyrian when completing the Census.
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