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Ethnic group

Ethnic groups are used for roll returns in New Zealand schools. They are used to define the ethnic group or groups with which a student identifies with.

The fields allows a student, parent or guardian to nominate up to three ethnic groups. The New Zealand Ministry of Education (NZ MOE) encourages schools to allow students to self identify or be identified by their parents or guardians as belonging to more than one ethnic group.

Ethnic groups

The following ethnic groups are used in the NZMOE tab of Current Student Maintenance:

Code

Ethnicity

111

NZ European/Pakeha

121

British / Irish

122

Dutch

123

Greek

124

Polish

125

South Slav

126

Italian

127

German

128

Australian

129

Other European

211

Maori

311

Samoan

321

Cook Islands Maori

331

Tongan

341

Niuean

351

Tokelauan

361

Fijian

371

Other Pacific Peoples

411

Filipino

412

Cambodian

413

Vietnamese

414

Other Southeast Asian

421

Chinese

431

Indian

441

Sri Lankan

442

Japanese

443

Korean

444

Other Asian

511

Middle Eastern

521

Latin American

531

African

611

Other Ethnicity

999

Not Stated

Lookup table

Ethnic groups are defined in the luEthnicGroup lookup table. See:

lookup table maintenance - luEthnicGroup

Note: Not all records are displayed on the screen capture. Refer to the table above.

Last modified: 7/11/2012 12:33:47 PM

See Also

Codes used for roll returns

Loading lookup tables for external systems

Indigenous groups (Iwi affiliations)

Student type

Zone status

Country of citizenship

Indigenous language level

NQF qualification codes

Reason for leaving

Participation in early childhood education

Neighbour island language

Neighbour island language level

Subject codes

Instructional year level

Non-NQF qualification codes

Exchange scheme

Eligibility criteria

Verification document

Post school activity

Secondary tertiary programme

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