Dutch New Zealanders are New Zealanders who are 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. The Netherlands Embassy in Wellington estimates that there are approximately 45,000 persons living in New Zealand with Dutch nationality. 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.
Frank Carpay - New Zealand designer
Riemke Ensing - New Zealand poet
Vicky Rodewyk - New Zealand model and dancer
Theodorus Johannes Schoon - New Zealand artist
Bernardina Adriana Schramm - New Zealand pianist
Souzie Speerstra - New Zealand artist
Petrus Van der Velden - New Zealand artist
Hayley Westenra - New Zealand classical artist
Ans Westra - New Zealand photographer
Lydia Wevers - New Zealand literary critic
Johannes La Grouw - New Zealand architect and engineer
John Pronk - Personally responsible for many important communications system
Will (Wilhelm) Raats - Dutch immigrant who owned famous butcher stores throughout New Zealand
Phil Sprey - Son of Architect (Johannes) Sprey - Major Concert promoter, exhibition and events company
Elizabeth Geertruida Agatha Dyson - New Zealand journalist
Redmer Yska - journalist and author
Joris De Bres - Race Relations Commissioner
Harry Duynhoven - former MP and mayor of New Plymouth
Henry Keesing - New Zealand community leader
Maarten Wevers - New Zealand diplomat
Adrian Cornelius Langerwerf - New Zealand Catholic missionary and writer
Herman van Staveren - New Zealand rabbi and philanthropist
