Pakistani New Zealanders
Lua error in Module:Infobox at line 166: malformed pattern (missing ']').
Pakistani New Zealanders, also known as Pakistani Kiwis, are New Zealanders of Pakistani descent or Pakistan-born people who have immigrated to New Zealand. Pakistani Kiwis are predominantly Muslims and mostly descend from a Punjabi background.
Demographics
According to 2001 statistics, Pakistani Kiwis size around a population of 3,000. However, since that time, the population of Pakistani Kiwis has been growing at a fair pace across many parts of the country with significant figures in Auckland.[citation needed] Now the population has grown to 5,000.[2] Pakistanis are located in almost all the major cities and towns of New Zealand, including Auckland, Hamilton, Wellington, Christchurch, Tauranga, Otago and Dunedin.
Politics
The Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf political party has a local chapter in New Zealand, organised by members of the Pakistani New Zealander community.[3]
Notable people
<templatestyles src="Module:Hatnote/styles.css"></templatestyles>
- Ashraf Choudhary - New Zealand Member of Parliament and Labour Party MP
- Azhar Abbas - Auckland Aces cricketer
- Haroon - English-born Pakistani pop singer of New Zealand origin
- Khalid Ibadulla - New Zealand-based former Pakistani cricketer and commentator
References
<templatestyles src="Reflist/styles.css" />
Cite error: Invalid <references> tag; parameter "group" is allowed only.
<references />, or <references group="..." />External links
- Cultural organizations
- Pakistani Association of Canterbury New Zealand, in Christchurch and Canterbury region
- Pakistan Association of New Zealand, based in Auckland
- Pakistani Students Association at Massey University, New Zealand - organization for students at all campuses of Massey University
| From Africa |
 |
|
|---|---|---|
| From the Americas | ||
| From Asia | ||
| From Europe | ||
| Oceania | ||
| See also | ||
| Africa | |||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Asia |
|
||||||||
| Europe | |||||||||
| Americas | |||||||||
| Oceania | |||||||||
| See also |
|
||||||||
- ↑ Lua error in package.lua at line 80: module 'strict' not found.
- ↑ 2.0 2.1 http://www.scoop.co.nz/stories/HL0712/S00326.htm
- ↑ PTI New Zealand
