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 2026-03-08 | 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:

- Ethnicityfull

version: 1; Last updated: 2023-07-23 21:32:16+1200

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

Code | Display
1 | European
10 | European nfd
100 | European nfd
10000 | European nfd
11 | New Zealand European
111 | New Zealand European
11111 | New Zealand European
12 | Other European
121 | British and Irish
12100 | British nfd
12111 | Celtic nfd
12112 | Channel Islander
12113 | Cornish
12114 | English
12116 | Irish
12117 | Manx
12119 | Scottish
12121 | Welsh
12199 | British nec
122 | Dutch
12211 | Dutch
123 | Greek
12311 | Greek
124 | Polish
12411 | Polish
125 | South Slav
12500 | South Slav nfd
12511 | Croatian
12512 | Dalmatian
12513 | Macedonian
12514 | Serbian
12515 | Slovenian
12516 | Bosnian
12599 | South Slav nec
126 | Italian
12611 | Italian
127 | German
12711 | German
128 | Australian
12811 | Australian
129 | Other European
12911 | Albanian
12912 | Armenian
12913 | Austrian
12914 | Belgian
12915 | Bulgarian
12916 | Belorussian
12918 | Cypriot nfd
12919 | Czech
12920 | Danish
12921 | Estonian
12922 | Finnish
12923 | Flemish
12924 | French
12926 | Hungarian
12927 | Icelandic
12928 | Latvian
12929 | Lithuanian
12930 | Maltese
12931 | Norwegian
12932 | Portuguese
12933 | Romanian
12934 | Romani
12935 | Russian
12937 | Slavic
12938 | Slovak
12939 | Spanish
12940 | Swedish
12941 | Swiss
12942 | Ukrainian
12943 | American
12945 | Canadian
12947 | New Caledonian
12948 | South African European
12949 | Afrikaner
12950 | Zimbabwean European
12999 | European nec
2 | Māori
21 | Māori
211 | Māori
21111 | Māori
3 | Pacific Peoples
30 | Pacific Peoples nfd
300 | Pacific Peoples nfd
30000 | Pacific Peoples nfd
31 | Samoan
311 | Samoan
31111 | Samoan
32 | Cook Islands Maori
321 | Cook Islands Maori
32100 | Cook Islands Maori
33 | Tongan
331 | Tongan
33111 | Tongan
34 | Niuean
341 | Niuean
34111 | Niuean
35 | Tokelauan
351 | Tokelauan
35111 | Tokelauan
36 | Fijian
361 | Fijian
36111 | Fijian
37 | Other Pacific Peoples
371 | Other Pacific Peoples
37112 | Indigenous Australian
37122 | Hawaiian
37124 | Kiribati
37130 | Nauruan
37135 | Papua New Guinean
37137 | Pitcairn Islander
37138 | Rotuman
37140 | Tahitian
37141 | Solomon Islander
37144 | Tuvaluan
37145 | Ni Vanuatu
37199 | Pacific Peoples nec
4 | Asian
40 | Asian nfd
400 | Asian nfd
40000 | Asian nfd
41 | Southeast Asian
410 | Southeast Asian nfd
41000 | Southeast Asian nfd
411 | Filipino
41111 | Filipino
412 | Cambodian
41211 | Cambodian
413 | Vietnamese
41311 | Vietnamese
414 | Other Southeast Asian
41411 | Burmese
41412 | Indonesian
41413 | Lao
41414 | Malay
41415 | Thai
41416 | Karen
41417 | Chin
41499 | Southeast Asian nec
42 | Chinese
421 | Chinese
42100 | Chinese nfd
42111 | Hong Kong Chinese
42112 | Cambodian Chinese
42113 | Malaysian Chinese
42114 | Singaporean Chinese
42115 | Vietnamese Chinese
42116 | Taiwanese
42199 | Chinese nec
43 | Indian
431 | Indian
43100 | Indian nfd
43111 | Bengali
43112 | Fijian Indian
43114 | Indian Tamil
43115 | Punjabi
43116 | Sikh
43117 | Anglo Indian
43118 | Malaysian Indian
43119 | South African Indian
43199 | Indian nec
44 | Other Asian
441 | Sri Lankan
44100 | Sri Lankan nfd
44111 | Sinhalese
44112 | Sri Lankan Tamil
44199 | Sri Lankan nec
442 | Japanese
44211 | Japanese
443 | Korean
44311 | Korean
444 | Other Asian
44411 | Afghan
44412 | Bangladeshi
44413 | Nepali
44414 | Pakistani
44415 | Tibetan
44416 | Eurasian
44417 | Bhutanese
44418 | Maldivian
44419 | Mongolian
44499 | Asian nec
5 | Middle Eastern/Latin American/African
51 | Middle Eastern
511 | Middle Eastern
51100 | Middle Eastern nfd
51111 | Algerian
51112 | Arab
51113 | Assyrian
51114 | Egyptian
51115 | Iranian/Persian
51116 | Iraqi
51117 | Israeli/Jewish
51118 | Jordanian
51119 | Kurd
51120 | Lebanese
51122 | Moroccan
51124 | Palestinian
51125 | Syrian
51127 | Turkish
51199 | Middle Eastern nec
52 | Latin American
521 | Latin American
52100 | Latin American nfd
52111 | Argentinian
52112 | Bolivian
52113 | Brazilian
52114 | Chilean
52115 | Colombian
52118 | Ecuadorian
52123 | Mexican
52127 | Peruvian
52128 | Puerto Rican
52129 | Uruguayan
52130 | Venezuelan
52199 | Latin American nec
53 | African
531 | African
53100 | African nfd
53113 | Jamaican
53114 | Kenyan
53115 | Nigerian
53116 | African American
53118 | Caribbean
53119 | Somali
53120 | Eritrean
53121 | Ethiopian
53122 | Ghanaian
53123 | Burundian
53124 | Congolese
53125 | Sudanese
53126 | Zambian
53127 | Other Zimbabwean
53199 | African nec
6 | Other Ethnicity
61 | Other Ethnicity
611 | Other Ethnicity
61113 | Indigenous American
61115 | Mauritian
61116 | Seychellois
61117 | Other South African
61118 | New Zealander
61199 | Other Ethnicity nec
9 | Residual Categories
94 | Don't Know
944 | Don't Know
94444 | Don't Know
95 | Refused to Answer
955 | Refused to Answer
95555 | Refused to Answer
96 | Repeated Value
966 | Repeated Value
96666 | Repeated Value
97 | Response Unidentifiable
977 | Response Unidentifiable
97777 | Response Unidentifiable
98 | Response Outside Scope
988 | Response Outside Scope
98888 | Response Outside Scope
99 | Not Stated
999 | Not Stated
99999 | Not Stated