African New Zealanders are

New Zealanders New Zealanders ( mi, Tāngata Aotearoa), colloquially known as Kiwis (), are people associated with New Zealand, sharing a common history, culture, and language (New Zealand English). People of various ethnicities and national origins are citiz ...

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n descent. They represent less than 0.3% of New Zealand's population, although the number has been growing substantially since the 1990s.

Notable African New Zealanders

* Addil Somani (born 1967), Ugandan-born cricketer *

Alan Blake Alan Walter Blake (3 November 1922 – 31 October 2010) was a New Zealand rugby union player. A flanker, Blake represented Wairarapa at a provincial level. He played for the New Zealand national side, the All Blacks, in a single test match in ...

(1922–2010), rugby player of African-American descent *

David Nyika David Kieran Nyika (born 7 August 1995) is a New Zealand professional boxer. As an amateur, he won a gold medal at both the 2014 and 2018 Commonwealth Games as well as competing at the 2017 and 2019 World Championships. Nyika and Sarah Hirini ...

(born 1995), boxer of Ugandan descent * Devon Conway born 1990, cricketer playing for New zealand * Gus Nketia (born 1970), Ghanaian-born track and field athlete * Ibrahim Omer (born 1979), Eritrean-born

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for the Labour Party. *

Israel Adesanya Israel Mobolaji Odunayo Oluwafemi Temitayo Owolabi Adesanya (born 22 July 1989) is a New Zealand professional mixed martial artist, kickboxer, and former boxer with multiple championships in all three disciplines. As a mixed martial artist, h ...

(born 1989), Nigerian-born mixed martial artist *

John da Silva John Walter da Silva (11 June 1934 – 8 April 2021) was a New Zealand wrestler and boxer. Biography Da Silva was born on 11 June 1934. He represented New Zealand in wrestling at the 1956 Olympics and at the 1958 British Empire and Commonwe ...

(1934–2021), wrestler of Brazilian descent *

Lesley-Anne Brandt Lesley-Ann Brandt (born 2 December 1981) is a South African actress. Brandt has acted in a number of New Zealand television series and first came to international notice with her role as a slave girl Naevia in the series '' Spartacus: Blood and ...

(born 1981), South African-born actress * Mazbou Q (born 1989), UK-born New Zealand-based Nigerian hip hop artist *

Meryl Cassie Meryl Danielle Cassie (born 2 April 1984) is a New Zealand actress and singer. She has three children, a son, Rylon born in 2006 and two daughters Breeze (Born 18 October 2013) and Diaz (born 2015). She is most famous for her role as Ebony in t ...

(born 1984), South African-born actress *

Nneka Okpala Nneka Okpala (born 27 April 1988) is a New Zealand athlete. She competes mainly in the triple jump. She has won the New Zealand women's triple jump competition five times and the Australian women's triple jump title once. Okpala's parents emigrat ...

(born 1988), athlete of Nigerian descent *

Precious McKenzie Precious Patrick McKenzie (born 6 June 1936) is a South African-born former weightlifter who won Commonwealth titles representing both England and New Zealand and has won several World powerlifting and Masters World powerlifting titles. He is ...

(born 1936), South African-born weightlifter *

Tamupiwa Dimairo Tamupiwa Dimairo (born 22 March 1996) is a footballer who plays as a defender for Bruno's Magpies in the Gibraltar National League, having previously played for Wellington Phoenix and Michigan Bucks. On 26 August 2015, he made his professional ...

(born 1996), Zimbabwean-born footballer *

Terefe Ejigu Terefe Ejigu (born 14 October 1988) is an Ethiopian-born New Zealand long distance runner. Early life He was born as Terefe Tsegaye Ejigu in Ethiopia. In 2001 at the age of 13 he fled violence in Ethiopia with his siblings. He settled in Welli ...

(born 1988), Ethiopian-born long-distance runner *

Kwabena Appiah Kwabena Appiah-Kubi (born 1992) is a New Zealand-born professional footballer who plays as a winger for Indonesian club Madura United. Appiah also holds Australian citizenship. Biography Born in Auckland of Ghanaian parents, Appiah arrived in ...

(born 1992), footballer

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* African Youth Health and Well-Being: Participatory Action Research Project. Evolve and Victoria University, 2005.

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Notable African New Zealanders

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