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PACIFIC ENTERPRISE PEOPLE
Pacific People Are On the Rise
500,000
Pacific People in NZ by 2032
3rd
Samoan is the 3rd most spoken language in Aotearoa
Source: Ministry for Ethnic Communities
62.3%
of Pacific people in New Zealand
are born in New Zealand
Source: Statistics NZ
$108m
NZ government investment in
Pacific communities' wellbeing
Source: Beehive
But ... Pacific People Are Also Lagging Behind
27%
of Pacific people
complete tertiary education
(compared with 31% of the whole population)
30%
of Pacific people
report not having enough money
(compared with 12% of the whole population)
4.1%
of Pacific people
are self-employed
(compared with 15.4% of the whole population)
338
per 100,000 people in prison
(over 3x the rate for NZ Europeans)
74.5
life expectancy for a Pacific Man
(compared with 79.5 years for the general population)
Source: Ministry of Health
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