# New Zealanders in the United Kingdom

New Zealanders in the United Kingdom are citizens or residents of the United Kingdom who originate from New Zealand.

## Population

According to the 2001 UK Census, 58,286 New Zealand-born people were residing in the United Kingdom. The 2011 census recorded 57,076 people born in New Zealand residing in England, 1,292 in Wales, 3,632 in Scotland and 584 in Northern Ireland. The Office for National Statistics estimates that, in 2015, the New Zealand-born population of the UK stood at around 59,000.
Around 80 per cent of New Zealanders have some British ancestry and an estimated 17 per cent are entitled to British nationality by descent.

### Distribution

Every one of the top ten most popular places in Britain for New Zealand expatriates is in London, Acton being home to 1,045 New Zealand-born people (representing 0.7 per cent of the local population), with Hammersmith, Brondesbury, Hyde Park, Cricklewood and Fulham following.

### Māori

According to Te Ara: The Encyclopedia of New Zealand, at the start of the millennium, approximately 8,000 Māori resided in England alone (as opposed to the United Kingdom as a whole). Historically Māori have been known in the UK for their athletic prowess on the rugby field as well as their various artistic skills. In the 1900s, Māori artistic performers toured the UK and some of them decided to stay. Mākereti (Maggie) Papakura of Whakarewarewa is one example of an early Māori immigrant who came to the country touring with a troupe of performers; she married in 1912 and lived in the UK for the rest of her life. During World War I, significant numbers of Māori troops came to the UK in order to help fight with the British Army (at this period military service was one of the main reasons for Māori emigration). Many of these were actually housed in Papakura's Oxfordshire mansion. Later on in the 1950s, a small group of Māori residing in the British capital established the London Māori Club. The aim was to promote Māori culture through the performance of traditional songs and war dances. In 1971 the group renamed itself Ngāti Rānana Māori Club. To this day the Ngāti Rānana cultural group hosts weekly meetings, language classes and celebrations.

## Notable New Zealanders in Britain

| Academia and Science James Belich, historian Alan F. Blackwell, computer scientist Joanna Bourke, historian Amyas Connell, architect Malcolm Grant, President of University College London John Hood, former Vice-Chancellor of the University of Oxford William Phillips, economist Ernest Rutherford, physicist and Nobel Laureate Sydney Smith, forensic expert Maurice Wilkins, physicist and Nobel Laureate Glenn Wilson, psychologist Ngaire Woods, Dean of Blavatnik School Oxford University Business Ross McEwan, Chief Executive RBS Food Ross Burden, celebrity chef Mat Follas, winner of UK MasterChef 2009, Chef Monica Galetti, chef and Masterchef Judge Peter Gordon, chef Medicine Harold Gillies, pioneering plastic surgeon Archibald McIndoe, pioneering plastic surgeon Music and the Arts Daniel Bedingfield, singer Natasha Bedingfield, singer Sir Paul Beresford, politician Aidan Burley, politician Raymond Ching, painter Katherine Dienes, organist Bryan Gould, politician Tom Iremonger, politician Ted Kavanagh, radio scriptwriter Judith Mayhew, lawyer Donald McIntyre, operatic bass-baritone Rex Nan Kivell, art collector Nikola Rachelle, singer Ngāti Rānana, Māori culture group Angela Richardson, politician David Rickard, artist Macaulay's New Zealander, a mythical character from Punch fated to observe the ruins of the British Empire Dame Kiri Te Kanawa, opera singer | Politics and Law Military Alan Deere, RAF Battle of Britain Pilot WW2 Sir Keith Park, Royal Air Force Commander Battle of Britain WW2 Frank Worsley, Antarctic Explorer, Naval Officer Sport Tony Benson, rugby league coach Warren Gatland, Rugby Coach Wales Dylan Hartley, rugby union player Graham Henry, Rugby Coach Wales, British Lions. Johnnie Hoskins, inventor of the motorcycle speedway London New Zealand Cricket Club, sports team Sean Maitland, rugby union player Bruce McLaren, F1 Race Car Driver & founder of McLaren F1 Team Cameron Norrie, tennis Ben Stokes, cricketer Willie Walker, rugby union player Gwenethe Walshe, dancer Television and Film Gina Bellman, actress Geoffrey Cox, TV administrator & journalist Richard Curtis, screenwriter Barbara Ewing, actress Lucy Hockings, journalist, presenter Michael Miles, TV presenter Brian Perkins, radio personality & newsreader Bruce Purchase, actor Guy Remmers, actor (father) Dan Wootton, TV presenter Writers Hector Bolitho, writer Dan Davin, author Robin Hyde, writer Sir David Low, political cartoonist Katherine Mansfield, writer Ngaio Marsh, writer Count Geoffrey Potocki de Montalk, poet Gerri Peev, journalist Hugh Walpole, novelist |