A note on Ethnicity

In assay there is access to Level 2 and Level 1 Ethnicities

For the purposes of Ministry of Education statistical returns, students must be reported in one ethnic group only. To determine which ethnic group to report for a particular student, start at the top of the list on the left-hand side and find the first ethnicity that applies to this student.  Then look to the right-hand column to choose the ethnic group for this student, which is where they will be recorded in the roll return tables.    For the purposes of Ministry of Education statistical returns, students must be reported in one ethnic group only. To determine which ethnic group to report for a particular student, start at the top of the list on the left-hand side and find the first ethnicity that applies to this student.  Then look to the right-hand column to choose the ethnic group for this student, which is where they will be recorded in the roll return tables.

Code Level 3 Level 2 Level 1
211 Maori Maori Maori
351 Tokelauan Tokelauan Pacific peoples
361 Fijian Fijian Pacific peoples
341 Niuean Niuean Pacific peoples
331 Tongan Tongan  Pacific peoples
321 Cook Islands Maori Cook Islands Maori Pacific peoples
311 Samoan Samoan Pacific peoples
371 Other Pacific Peoples Other Pacific Peoples Pacific peoples
411 Filipino Southeast Asian Asian
412 Cambodian Southeast Asian Asian
413 Vietnamese Southeast Asian Asian
414 Other Southeast Asian Southeast Asian Asian
431 Indian Indian Asian
421 Chinese Chinese Asian
441 Sri Lankan Other Asian Asian
442 Japanese Other Asian Asian
443 Korean Other Asian Asian
444 Other Asian Other Asian Asian
511 Middle Eastern Middle Eastern MELAA
521 Latin American Latin American MELAA
531 African African MELAA
611 Other Ethnicity Other Other
999 Not Stated Other Other
128 Australian Other European European
121 British/Irish Other European European
127 German Other European European
122 Dutch Other European European
123 Greek Other European European
124 Polish Other European European
125 South Slav Other European European
126 Italian Other European European
129 Other European Other European European
111 NZ European/Pakeha NZ European/Pakeha European