HL7® FHIR® New Zealand Base Implementation Guide
3.1.0 - Draft

HL7® FHIR® New Zealand Base Implementation Guide, published by HL7 New Zealand. This guide is not an authorized publication; it is the continuous build for version 3.1.0 built by the FHIR (HL7® FHIR® Standard) CI Build. This version is based on the current content of https://github.com/HL7NZ/nzbase/ and changes regularly. See the Directory of published versions

CodeSystem: NZ ethnic group codes

Official URL: https://standards.digital.health.nz/ns/nz-ethnic-group-codes Version: 2.1.0
Active as of 2026-05-29 Computable Name: NZ_ethnic_group_codes

Ethnicity New Zealand Standard Classification 2005. Ethnicity is the ethnic group or groups that people identify with or feel they belong to.

This Code system is referenced in the content logical definition of the following value sets:

version: 9; Last updated: 2026-05-28 21:00:26+1200

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Properties

This code system defines the following properties for its concepts

NameCodeURITypeDescription
Parent parent http://hl7.org/fhir/concept-properties#parent code The concept identified in this property is a parent of the concept on which it is used

Concepts

This case-sensitive code system https://standards.digital.health.nz/ns/nz-ethnic-group-codes defines the following codes:

CodeDisplayParentEnglish (New Zeland) (English (New Zeland), en)
Ethnicity Ethnicity New Zealand Standard Classification
96666 Repeated Value 966 Repeated Value
351 Tokelauan 35
111 New Zealand European 11
31111 Samoan 311 W Samoa
12950 Zimbabwean European 129 European Zimbabwean
12711 German 127 Badisch
10 European nfd 1
11 New Zealand European 1
42112 Cambodian Chinese 421 Chinese Cambodian
44412 Bangladeshi 444 Bangladesh
12 Other European 1
42113 Malaysian Chinese 421 Malaysian Chinese
44411 Afghan 444 Pashto
42114 Singaporean Chinese 421 Singapore Chinese
44414 Pakistani 444 Muslim Pakistan
42115 Vietnamese Chinese 421 Vietnam Chinese
44413 Nepali 444 Lhotshampa
42111 Hong Kong Chinese 421 Hong Kong
36111 Fijian 361 Fiji
44419 Mongolian 444 Mongolian
42116 Taiwanese 421 Taiwanese
44416 Eurasian 444 Amerasian
44415 Tibetan 444 Tibetan
361 Fijian 36
44418 Maldivian 444 Maldives
44417 Bhutanese 444 Bhutanese
121 British and Irish 12
1 European Ethnicity
122 Dutch 12
123 Greek 12
2 Māori Ethnicity
124 Polish 12
3 Pacific Peoples Ethnicity
125 South Slav 12
4 Asian Ethnicity
126 Italian 12
5 Middle Eastern/Latin American/African Ethnicity
127 German 12
6 Other Ethnicity Ethnicity
128 Australian 12
129 Other European 12
9 Residual Categories Ethnicity
21 Māori 2
41499 Southeast Asian nec 414 Kachin
97777 Response Unidentifiable 977 Antipodean
42100 Chinese nfd 421 Sino
371 Other Pacific Peoples 37
12935 Russian 129 White Russian
12933 Romanian 129 Romania
12934 Romani 129 Romani
12939 Spanish 129 Spaniard
12937 Slavic 129 Slav
30000 Pacific Peoples nfd 300 French Polynesian
52199 Latin American nec 521 El Salvadorean
12938 Slovak 129 Slovak
12931 Norwegian 129 Viking
12811 Australian 128 Australian White
12932 Portuguese 129 Portuguese
30 Pacific Peoples nfd 3
31 Samoan 3
12930 Maltese 129 Maltese
32 Cook Islands Maori 3
33 Tongan 3
41000 Southeast Asian nfd 410 Southeast Asian
34 Niuean 3
35 Tokelauan 3
36 Fijian 3
37 Other Pacific Peoples 3
44199 Sri Lankan nec 441 Sri Lankan Nec
12947 New Caledonian 129 New Caledonian
61118 New Zealander 611 New Zealand National
12945 Canadian 129 Kanuck
61117 Other South African 611 South African Coloured
61116 Seychellois 611 Seychelles Islander
61115 Mauritian 611 Mauritian
12948 South African European 129 Dutch South African
12949 Afrikaner 129 Afrikaans European
61113 Indigenous American 611 Inca
944 Don't Know 94
12942 Ukrainian 129 Ukrainian
40 Asian nfd 4
12943 American 129 American
41 Southeast Asian 4
12940 Swedish 129 Sweden
42 Chinese 4
12941 Swiss 129 Swiss European
43 Indian 4
44 Other Asian 4
98888 Response Outside Scope 988 Jedi
41111 Filipino 411 Pilipino
35111 Tokelauan 351 Tokelauan
12913 Austrian 129 European Austrian
12119 Scottish 121 Kootimana
12914 Belgian 129 Belg
12911 Albanian 129 Albanian
12912 Armenian 129 Armenian
12918 Cypriot nfd 129 Cypriot
12915 Bulgarian 129 Bulgarian
12916 Belorussian 129 Belarussian
12112 Channel Islander 121 Guernsey Islander
12111 Celtic nfd 121 Keltic
955 Refused to Answer 95
12114 English 121 White European English
12113 Cornish 121 Cornish
12116 Irish 121 European Irish
51 Middle Eastern 5
52 Latin American 5
12599 South Slav nec 125 Kosovar
53 African 5
12117 Manx 121 Isle Of Man
12121 Welsh 121 European Welsh
12919 Czech 129 Czech Republic
12924 French 129 French
53199 African nec 531 Southern Sotho
12922 Finnish 129 Finn
12923 Flemish 129 Flemish
12928 Latvian 129 Latvian
12929 Lithuanian 129 Lithuanian
12926 Hungarian 129 European Hungarian
12927 Icelandic 129 Icelander
966 Repeated Value 96
61 Other Ethnicity 6
12920 Danish 129 Dane
12921 Estonian 129 Estonian
37199 Pacific Peoples nec 371 New Irelander
41211 Cambodian 412 Campuchia
43199 Indian nec 431 Kashmiri
40000 Asian nfd 400 NZ Asian
99999 Not Stated 999 Not Specified
51100 Middle Eastern nfd 511 Middle East
611 Other Ethnicity 61
12211 Dutch 122 Tatimana
977 Response Unidentifiable 97
51111 Algerian 511 Algerian
51113 Assyrian 511 Assyrian From Iraq
34111 Niuean 341 Niuean
51112 Arab 511 Saudi Arabia
51115 Iranian/Persian 511 Persian Iranian
12100 British nfd 121 British
51114 Egyptian 511 Egyptian
988 Response Outside Scope 98
51117 Israeli/Jewish 511 Israeli
51116 Iraqi 511 Khaldean
51119 Kurd 511 Kurdistan
51118 Jordanian 511 Jordanian
41311 Vietnamese 413 Vietnam
51120 Lebanese 511 Lebanon
51122 Moroccan 511 Morocco
511 Middle Eastern 51
51124 Palestinian 511 Palestinian
51125 Syrian 511 Syrian
999 Not Stated 99
12311 Greek 123 Greece
51127 Turkish 511 Turkey
94 Don't Know 9
95 Refused to Answer 9
96 Repeated Value 9
97 Response Unidentifiable 9
98 Response Outside Scope 9
99 Not Stated 9
44499 Asian nec 444 Pathan
42199 Chinese nec 421 Chou Zhou
400 Asian nfd 40
521 Latin American 52
52100 Latin American nfd 521 South America
11111 New Zealand European 111 Pakeha
41411 Burmese 414 Anglo Burmese
41415 Thai 414 Asian Thai
41414 Malay 414 Peranakan
41413 Lao 414 Asian Laos
41412 Indonesian 414 Javanese
41417 Chin 414 Burmese Chin
41416 Karen 414 Burmese Karen
410 Southeast Asian nfd 41
531 African 53
411 Filipino 41
52113 Brazilian 521 Brazillian
412 Cambodian 41
52114 Chilean 521 Chilean South American
413 Vietnamese 41
52111 Argentinian 521 Argentina
33111 Tongan 331 Tongan
414 Other Southeast Asian 41
52112 Bolivian 521 Bolivian
12411 Polish 124 Polish
52118 Ecuadorian 521 Ecuadorian
52115 Colombian 521 Colombia
37140 Tahitian 371 Tahitian
37141 Solomon Islander 371 Solomon Islander
44111 Sinhalese 441 Sinhala
37144 Tuvaluan 371 Funafuti
37145 Ni Vanuatu 371 Ni Vanuatu
44112 Sri Lankan Tamil 441 Ceylon Tamil
300 Pacific Peoples nfd 30
421 Chinese 42
52123 Mexican 521 Mexican
10000 European nfd 100 White Caucasian
52128 Puerto Rican 521 Puerto Rican
52129 Uruguayan 521 Uruguayan
61199 Other Ethnicity nec 611 African Coloured
52127 Peruvian 521 Peruvian
37130 Nauruan 371 Nauruan
94444 Don't Know 944 Do Not Know
44100 Sri Lankan nfd 441 Sri Lankan Nfd
37135 Papua New Guinean 371 Papua New Guinean
53100 African nfd 531 Black African
12515 Slovenian 125 Slovenian
12999 European nec 129 Greenlander
431 Indian 43
12516 Bosnian 125 Herzegovnian
311 Samoan 31
52130 Venezuelan 521 Venezuelan
12199 British nec 121 Orkney Islander
37137 Pitcairn Islander 371 Pitcairn
37138 Rotuman 371 Rotuma
12513 Macedonian 125 Macedonia
12514 Serbian 125 Serb
12511 Croatian 125 Hrvat
12512 Dalmatian 125 Dalmatian
21111 Māori 211 Full Maori
37122 Hawaiian 371 Hawaiian
37124 Kiribati 371 Gilbert Islander
44211 Japanese 442 Okinawan
441 Sri Lankan 44
321 Cook Islands Maori 32
442 Japanese 44
443 Korean 44
444 Other Asian 44
53114 Kenyan 531 Kikuyu
53115 Nigerian 531 Anaang
53113 Jamaican 531 Jamaican
53118 Caribbean 531 Rasta
53119 Somali 531 Somalian
53116 African American 531 Afro American
43114 Indian Tamil 431 Dravidian
43115 Punjabi 431 Punjabi
43116 Sikh 431 Sikh
95555 Refused to Answer 955 Refused to Answer
37112 Indigenous Australian 371 Aranda
43111 Bengali 431 Bengali
43112 Fijian Indian 431 Indo-Fijian
43117 Anglo Indian 431 Angloindian
43118 Malaysian Indian 431 Malaysian Indian
43119 South African Indian 431 South African Indian
53121 Ethiopian 531 Oromo
331 Tongan 33
53122 Ghanaian 531 Ghana
211 Māori 21
53120 Eritrean 531 Eritrea
32100 Cook Islands Maori 321 Rarotongan
53125 Sudanese 531 Sudanese
53126 Zambian 531 Zambian Coloured
53123 Burundian 531 Burundian
53124 Congolese 531 Congolese
53127 Other Zimbabwean 531 Other Zimbabwean
12611 Italian 126 Italian
43100 Indian nfd 431 NZ Indian
44311 Korean 443 North Korean
341 Niuean 34
100 European nfd 10
51199 Middle Eastern nec 511 Tunisian
12500 South Slav nfd 125 Yugoslavian