HL7® FHIR® New Zealand Base Implementation Guide
3.2.0-ci-build - 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 3.2.0-ci-build 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 2026-10-15 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 definition of the following value sets:

version: 10; Last updated: 2026-06-26 15:27:24+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:

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

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