• 48% of New Zealanders think colonisation had a negative affect on Pacific nations

    Source: New Zealanders’ Perception of the Pacific Report 2022

  • Only 7% of Kiwis feel they know “a lot” about the Pacific

    Source: New Zealanders’ Perception of the Pacific Report 2025

  • Total population of Pacific region 14.9 million and growing

    Source: New Zealanders’ Perception of the Pacific Report 2025

  • Pacific island export value to New Zealand $1.1 billion NZD

    Source: New Zealanders’ Perception of the Pacific Report 2022

  • 90% of New Zealaners believe it is important to develop political, economic, and social ties with the people and countries of the Pacific

    Source: New Zealanders’ Perception of the Pacific Report 2025

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