Dutch New Zealanders
Dutch New Zealanders are New Zealanders of Dutch ancestry. Dutch migration to New Zealand dates back to the earliest period of European colonisation. The 2013 census recorded 19,815 people born in the Netherlands and 28,503 people claiming Dutch ethnicity.[1]
Total population | |
---|---|
28,503 (ancestry)[1] | |
Languages | |
New Zealand English, Dutch | |
Religion | |
Protestantism, Roman Catholicism | |
Related ethnic groups | |
Dutch people, European New Zealanders |
The Netherlands' embassy in Wellington estimated there were approximately 45,000 Dutch citizens residing in New Zealand. This number includes persons with dual New Zealand and Dutch nationality. As many as 100,000 New Zealanders are estimated to be of Dutch descent.[2]
National Museum
The Oranjehof museum, in Foxton, tells the story of the Dutch immigrants in New Zealand. It also plays a national role in connecting the Dutch community, which is spread all through New Zealand. The Oranjehof Dutch Connection Centre is part of the Te Awahou Riverside Cultural Park, which also includes the flour-grinding windmill De Molen - a Stellingmolen, built to a 17th century design.
Notable people
- Hendrika Martine (Ineke) Crezee, Associate Professor, Officer of the New Zealand Order of Merit for services to interpreter and translator education, Fulbright New Zealand Scholar (Public Health)
- Harry Duynhoven, former MP and mayor of New Plymouth
- Elizabeth Geertruida Agatha Dyson, journalist
- Johannes La Grouw, architect and engineer
- Henry Keesing, community leader
- Adrian Cornelius Langerwerf, Catholic missionary and writer
- Herman van Staveren, rabbi and philanthropist
- Maarten Wevers, diplomat
Artists
- Frank Carpay, designer
- Riemke Ensing, poet
- Vicky Rodewyk, model and dancer
- Theodorus Johannes Schoon, artist
- Bernardina Adriana Schramm, pianist
- Petrus Van der Velden, artist
- Hayley Westenra, classical artist
- Ans Westra, photographer
- Lydia Wevers, literary critic
Sportspeople
- Arthur Borren, field hockey player
- Jan Borren, field hockey player
- Marie-Jose Cooper, association football player
- Andrew de Boorder, cricketer
- Derek de Boorder, cricketer
- Michelle de Bruyn, association football player
- Chris van der Drift, racecar driver
- Clarissa Eshuis, field hockey player
- Paul Gerritsen, rower
- Shane van Gisbergen, racing driver
- Willem de Graaf, association football player
- Frank van Hattum, association football player
- Carl Hoeft, rugby union footballer
- Fred de Jong, association football player
- Reuben de Jong, kickboxer and wrestler
- Chris Kuggeleijn, cricketer
- Grazia MacIntosh, association football player
- Kees Meeuws, rugby player
- Marlies Oostdam, association football player
- Simon Poelman, decathlete
- Anita Punt, field hockey player
- Dick Quax, athlete, and later a city councillor
- Riki van Steeden, association football player
- Tino Tabak, cyclist
- Wybo Veldman, rower
- Simon van Velthooven, cyclist
- Eric Verdonk, rower
- Johan Verweij, association football player
- Peter Visser, cricketer
- Elizabeth Van Welie, swimmer
- Natalie Wiegersma, swimmer
See also
References
- "2013 Census QuickStats about culture and identity – tables". Statistics New Zealand. 15 April 2014. Archived from the original on 9 September 2017. Retrieved 7 October 2015.
- Dutch New Zealander
Further reading
- Hulsen, Madeleine Elisabeth Helena (2000), Language loss and language processing: three generations of Dutch migrants in New Zealand, Katholieke Universiteit Nijmegen, ISBN 978-90-901399-0-6, OCLC 54535566
- Tap, Relinde (2007), High-wire dancers: middle-class Pakeha and Dutch childhoods in New Zealand, Ph.D. dissertation, University of Auckland, OCLC 166333083
- Crezee, Ineke Hendrika Martine (2008), I understand it well, but I cannot say it proper back: language use among older Dutch migrants in New Zealand, Ph.D. dissertation, Auckland University of Technology, OCLC 387763257