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## CodeSystem: NZ ethnic group codes

Official URL: https://standards.digital.health.nz/ns/nz-ethnic-group-codes | Version: 2.1.0
Active as of 2026-07-24 | Computable Name: NZ_ethnic_group_codes

Ethnicity New Zealand Standard Classification 2005. Ethnicity is the ethnic group or groups that people identify with or feel they belong to.

This Code system is referenced in the content logical definition of the following value sets:

- Ethnicityfull

version: 10; Last updated: 2026-06-26 15:27:24+1200

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Properties

This code system defines the following properties for its concepts

Name | Code | URI | Type | Description
Parent | parent | http://hl7.org/fhir/concept-properties#parent | code | The concept identified in this property is a parent of the concept on which it is used

Concepts

This case-sensitive code system `https://standards.digital.health.nz/ns/nz-ethnic-group-codes` defines the following codes:

Code | Display | Parent | English (New Zeland) (English (New Zeland), en)
96666 | Repeated Value | 966 | Repeated Value
351 | Tokelauan | 35 |
111 | New Zealand European | 11 |
31111 | Samoan | 311 | W Samoa
12950 | Zimbabwean European | 129 | European Zimbabwean
12711 | German | 127 | Badisch
10 | European nfd | 1 |
11 | New Zealand European | 1 |
42112 | Cambodian Chinese | 421 | Chinese Cambodian
44412 | Bangladeshi | 444 | Bangladesh
12 | Other European | 1 |
42113 | Malaysian Chinese | 421 | Malaysian Chinese
44411 | Afghan | 444 | Pashto
42114 | Singaporean Chinese | 421 | Singapore Chinese
44414 | Pakistani | 444 | Muslim Pakistan
42115 | Vietnamese Chinese | 421 | Vietnam Chinese
44413 | Nepali | 444 | Lhotshampa
42111 | Hong Kong Chinese | 421 | Hong Kong
36111 | Fijian | 361 | Fiji
44419 | Mongolian | 444 | Mongolian
42116 | Taiwanese | 421 | Taiwanese
44416 | Eurasian | 444 | Amerasian
44415 | Tibetan | 444 | Tibetan
361 | Fijian | 36 |
44418 | Maldivian | 444 | Maldives
44417 | Bhutanese | 444 | Bhutanese
121 | British and Irish | 12 |
1 | European |  |
122 | Dutch | 12 |
123 | Greek | 12 |
2 | Māori |  |
124 | Polish | 12 |
3 | Pacific Peoples |  |
125 | South Slav | 12 |
4 | Asian |  |
126 | Italian | 12 |
5 | Middle Eastern/Latin American/African |  |
127 | German | 12 |
6 | Other Ethnicity |  |
128 | Australian | 12 |
129 | Other European | 12 |
9 | Residual Categories |  |
21 | Māori | 2 |
41499 | Southeast Asian nec | 414 | Kachin
97777 | Response Unidentifiable | 977 | Antipodean
42100 | Chinese nfd | 421 | Sino
371 | Other Pacific Peoples | 37 |
12935 | Russian | 129 | White Russian
12933 | Romanian | 129 | Romania
12934 | Romani | 129 | Romani
12939 | Spanish | 129 | Spaniard
12937 | Slavic | 129 | Slav
30000 | Pacific Peoples nfd | 300 | French Polynesian
52199 | Latin American nec | 521 | El Salvadorean
12938 | Slovak | 129 | Slovak
12931 | Norwegian | 129 | Viking
12811 | Australian | 128 | Australian White
12932 | Portuguese | 129 | Portuguese
30 | Pacific Peoples nfd | 3 |
31 | Samoan | 3 |
12930 | Maltese | 129 | Maltese
32 | Cook Islands Maori | 3 |
33 | Tongan | 3 |
41000 | Southeast Asian nfd | 410 | Southeast Asian
34 | Niuean | 3 |
35 | Tokelauan | 3 |
36 | Fijian | 3 |
37 | Other Pacific Peoples | 3 |
44199 | Sri Lankan nec | 441 | Sri Lankan Nec
12947 | New Caledonian | 129 | New Caledonian
61118 | New Zealander | 611 | New Zealand National
12945 | Canadian | 129 | Kanuck
61117 | Other South African | 611 | South African Coloured
61116 | Seychellois | 611 | Seychelles Islander
61115 | Mauritian | 611 | Mauritian
12948 | South African European | 129 | Dutch South African
12949 | Afrikaner | 129 | Afrikaans European
61113 | Indigenous American | 611 | Inca
944 | Don't Know | 94 |
12942 | Ukrainian | 129 | Ukrainian
40 | Asian nfd | 4 |
12943 | American | 129 | American
41 | Southeast Asian | 4 |
12940 | Swedish | 129 | Sweden
42 | Chinese | 4 |
12941 | Swiss | 129 | Swiss European
43 | Indian | 4 |
44 | Other Asian | 4 |
98888 | Response Outside Scope | 988 | Jedi
41111 | Filipino | 411 | Pilipino
35111 | Tokelauan | 351 | Tokelauan
12913 | Austrian | 129 | European Austrian
12119 | Scottish | 121 | Kootimana
12914 | Belgian | 129 | Belg
12911 | Albanian | 129 | Albanian
12912 | Armenian | 129 | Armenian
12918 | Cypriot nfd | 129 | Cypriot
12915 | Bulgarian | 129 | Bulgarian
12916 | Belorussian | 129 | Belarussian
12112 | Channel Islander | 121 | Guernsey Islander
12111 | Celtic nfd | 121 | Keltic
955 | Refused to Answer | 95 |
12114 | English | 121 | White European English
12113 | Cornish | 121 | Cornish
12116 | Irish | 121 | European Irish
51 | Middle Eastern | 5 |
52 | Latin American | 5 |
12599 | South Slav nec | 125 | Kosovar
53 | African | 5 |
12117 | Manx | 121 | Isle Of Man
12121 | Welsh | 121 | European Welsh
12919 | Czech | 129 | Czech Republic
12924 | French | 129 | French
53199 | African nec | 531 | Southern Sotho
12922 | Finnish | 129 | Finn
12923 | Flemish | 129 | Flemish
12928 | Latvian | 129 | Latvian
12929 | Lithuanian | 129 | Lithuanian
12926 | Hungarian | 129 | European Hungarian
12927 | Icelandic | 129 | Icelander
966 | Repeated Value | 96 |
61 | Other Ethnicity | 6 |
12920 | Danish | 129 | Dane
12921 | Estonian | 129 | Estonian
37199 | Pacific Peoples nec | 371 | New Irelander
41211 | Cambodian | 412 | Campuchia
43199 | Indian nec | 431 | Kashmiri
40000 | Asian nfd | 400 | NZ Asian
99999 | Not Stated | 999 | Not Specified
51100 | Middle Eastern nfd | 511 | Middle East
611 | Other Ethnicity | 61 |
12211 | Dutch | 122 | Tatimana
977 | Response Unidentifiable | 97 |
51111 | Algerian | 511 | Algerian
51113 | Assyrian | 511 | Assyrian From Iraq
34111 | Niuean | 341 | Niuean
51112 | Arab | 511 | Saudi Arabia
51115 | Iranian/Persian | 511 | Persian Iranian
12100 | British nfd | 121 | British
51114 | Egyptian | 511 | Egyptian
988 | Response Outside Scope | 98 |
51117 | Israeli/Jewish | 511 | Israeli
51116 | Iraqi | 511 | Khaldean
51119 | Kurd | 511 | Kurdistan
51118 | Jordanian | 511 | Jordanian
41311 | Vietnamese | 413 | Vietnam
51120 | Lebanese | 511 | Lebanon
51122 | Moroccan | 511 | Morocco
511 | Middle Eastern | 51 |
51124 | Palestinian | 511 | Palestinian
51125 | Syrian | 511 | Syrian
999 | Not Stated | 99 |
12311 | Greek | 123 | Greece
51127 | Turkish | 511 | Turkey
94 | Don't Know | 9 |
95 | Refused to Answer | 9 |
96 | Repeated Value | 9 |
97 | Response Unidentifiable | 9 |
98 | Response Outside Scope | 9 |
99 | Not Stated | 9 |
44499 | Asian nec | 444 | Pathan
42199 | Chinese nec | 421 | Chou Zhou
400 | Asian nfd | 40 |
521 | Latin American | 52 |
52100 | Latin American nfd | 521 | South America
11111 | New Zealand European | 111 | Pakeha
41411 | Burmese | 414 | Anglo Burmese
41415 | Thai | 414 | Asian Thai
41414 | Malay | 414 | Peranakan
41413 | Lao | 414 | Asian Laos
41412 | Indonesian | 414 | Javanese
41417 | Chin | 414 | Burmese Chin
41416 | Karen | 414 | Burmese Karen
410 | Southeast Asian nfd | 41 |
531 | African | 53 |
411 | Filipino | 41 |
52113 | Brazilian | 521 | Brazillian
412 | Cambodian | 41 |
52114 | Chilean | 521 | Chilean South American
413 | Vietnamese | 41 |
52111 | Argentinian | 521 | Argentina
33111 | Tongan | 331 | Tongan
414 | Other Southeast Asian | 41 |
52112 | Bolivian | 521 | Bolivian
12411 | Polish | 124 | Polish
52118 | Ecuadorian | 521 | Ecuadorian
52115 | Colombian | 521 | Colombia
37140 | Tahitian | 371 | Tahitian
37141 | Solomon Islander | 371 | Solomon Islander
44111 | Sinhalese | 441 | Sinhala
37144 | Tuvaluan | 371 | Funafuti
37145 | Ni Vanuatu | 371 | Ni Vanuatu
44112 | Sri Lankan Tamil | 441 | Ceylon Tamil
300 | Pacific Peoples nfd | 30 |
421 | Chinese | 42 |
52123 | Mexican | 521 | Mexican
10000 | European nfd | 100 | White Caucasian
52128 | Puerto Rican | 521 | Puerto Rican
52129 | Uruguayan | 521 | Uruguayan
61199 | Other Ethnicity nec | 611 | African Coloured
52127 | Peruvian | 521 | Peruvian
37130 | Nauruan | 371 | Nauruan
94444 | Don't Know | 944 | Do Not Know
44100 | Sri Lankan nfd | 441 | Sri Lankan Nfd
37135 | Papua New Guinean | 371 | Papua New Guinean
53100 | African nfd | 531 | Black African
12515 | Slovenian | 125 | Slovenian
12999 | European nec | 129 | Greenlander
431 | Indian | 43 |
12516 | Bosnian | 125 | Herzegovnian
311 | Samoan | 31 |
52130 | Venezuelan | 521 | Venezuelan
12199 | British nec | 121 | Orkney Islander
37137 | Pitcairn Islander | 371 | Pitcairn
37138 | Rotuman | 371 | Rotuma
12513 | Macedonian | 125 | Macedonia
12514 | Serbian | 125 | Serb
12511 | Croatian | 125 | Hrvat
12512 | Dalmatian | 125 | Dalmatian
21111 | Māori | 211 | Full Maori
37122 | Hawaiian | 371 | Hawaiian
37124 | Kiribati | 371 | Gilbert Islander
44211 | Japanese | 442 | Okinawan
441 | Sri Lankan | 44 |
321 | Cook Islands Maori | 32 |
442 | Japanese | 44 |
443 | Korean | 44 |
444 | Other Asian | 44 |
53114 | Kenyan | 531 | Kikuyu
53115 | Nigerian | 531 | Anaang
53113 | Jamaican | 531 | Jamaican
53118 | Caribbean | 531 | Rasta
53119 | Somali | 531 | Somalian
53116 | African American | 531 | Afro American
43114 | Indian Tamil | 431 | Dravidian
43115 | Punjabi | 431 | Punjabi
43116 | Sikh | 431 | Sikh
95555 | Refused to Answer | 955 | Refused to Answer
37112 | Indigenous Australian | 371 | Aranda
43111 | Bengali | 431 | Bengali
43112 | Fijian Indian | 431 | Indo-Fijian
43117 | Anglo Indian | 431 | Angloindian
43118 | Malaysian Indian | 431 | Malaysian Indian
43119 | South African Indian | 431 | South African Indian
53121 | Ethiopian | 531 | Oromo
331 | Tongan | 33 |
53122 | Ghanaian | 531 | Ghana
211 | Māori | 21 |
53120 | Eritrean | 531 | Eritrea
32100 | Cook Islands Maori | 321 | Rarotongan
53125 | Sudanese | 531 | Sudanese
53126 | Zambian | 531 | Zambian Coloured
53123 | Burundian | 531 | Burundian
53124 | Congolese | 531 | Congolese
53127 | Other Zimbabwean | 531 | Other Zimbabwean
12611 | Italian | 126 | Italian
43100 | Indian nfd | 431 | NZ Indian
44311 | Korean | 443 | North Korean
341 | Niuean | 34 |
100 | European nfd | 10 |
51199 | Middle Eastern nec | 511 | Tunisian
12500 | South Slav nfd | 125 | Yugoslavian