New Zealand American

A New Zealand-American is either an American citizen born in New Zealand or a person born in the United States of America who has New Zealand ancestry. According the 2010 surveys, there 19,961 New Zealand Americans.mSome of them, 925 people, came from Tokelau. In addition, the 2000 Census indicated the exist of 1,994 people of Māori descent in US. Many New Zealanders came to the United States after World War II. A significant portion (although not the majority) of these immigrants were war brides, because they had married U.S. soldiers who were stationed in the Pacific theater during the war. Since the 1940s, the majority of New Zealanders who have settled in United States came seeking higher education or employment, especially in the work related to finance, import and export, and entertainment industries. Some small communities of New Zealanders have been created in Chicago area and in Green Bay and Madison, Wisconsin areas.