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CodeSystem: NZ ethnic group codes
| Official URL: https://standards.digital.health.nz/ns/nz-ethnic-group-codes
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as of 2026-07-24
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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:
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 |
