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Emigration and Immigration

Online Sources

• Index of Europeans who immigrated to Niue
• Church records, 1872-1949: London Missionary Society (Niue), Register of baptisms, 1926-1947 Register of church members, 1872-1912 Logbook and statistics, together with chronicle of important events, 1774-1949 Church roll, last revision, 1948.
• Niue, London Missionary Society Register of Members, 1872-1912, index.

Demographics

Ethnic groups

• Niuean 67%
• Part-Niuean 13%
• Non-Niuean 20% (includes 12% European and Asian and 8% Pacific Islanders)

Background

• Polynesians from Samoa settled Niue around 900 AD. Further settlers arrived from Tonga in the 16th century.
• The next notable European visitors represented the London Missionary Society.
• In the 2013 New Zealand census, 7.4% of the New Zealand population identified with one or more Pacific ethnic groups, although 62.3% of these were born in New Zealand. Those with a Samoan background make up the largest proportion, followed by Cook Islands Māori, Tongan, and Niuean. Some smaller island populations such as Niue and Tokelau have the majority of their nationals living in New Zealand.