French New Zealanders

French New Zealanders are New Zealanders who are of French ancestry or a French-born person who resides in New Zealand.

French New Zealanders
Franco-Néo-Zélandais
Total population
4,593 (total by ancestry)
3,762 (by birth)[1]
Regions with significant populations
Auckland
Wellington
Canterbury
Languages
New Zealand English · French
Religion
Christianity (mainly Roman Catholicism) · Judaism
Related ethnic groups
French Australians

The French were amongst the earlier European settlers in New Zealand, and established a colony at Akaroa in the South Island.

Captain Jean-François-Marie de Surville is the first known Frenchman to have visited New Zealand, in 1769, and by the 1830s, French whalers were operating off the Banks Peninsula.

In 1835, Jean-Baptiste Pompallier was the first bishop of any denomination in New Zealand. Suzanne Aubert came to New Zealand from France in 1860, and founded the Sisters of Compassion in 1892, a religious order of nuns. The cause for her canonization is ongoing, meaning she may become New Zealands first Saint.

Religion
Religion Percentage of the French population in New Zealand
Catholic 26.2%
Christian (not further defined) 3.9%
Anglican 3.0%
No religion 50.1%
Object to answering 7.1%

Source: 2013 Census[2]

some notable people:

  • Louis Servant ( 1807-1860 ): a chief priest of Catholic Church
  • Mrs Jean Anderson: associate professor of French, Victoria university of Wellington

See also

References
  1. Tessa Copland. "French - Facts and figures". Te Ara - the Encyclopedia of New Zealand. Retrieved 21 November 2010.
  2. 2013 Census ethnic group profiles: French


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