A Pacific Islander or Pacific Person (plural: ''Pacific People'') is a term used in several places, such as New Zealand and the United States, to describe people of a certain heritage. In New Zealand, it is applied to a person who has emigrated from one of the smaller Pacific islands of the Pacific to New Zealand in modern times, or one of their descendants born in New Zealand. While the majority of these people originate from Polynesia, others come from Micronesia and Melanesia. The term is used to distinguish these people from the indigenous New Zealand Maori (who are also Polynesian but arrived in New Zealand many centuries earlier), and from other ethnic groups. A major reason for making the ethnic distinction is that the Pacific People collectively suffer from socio-economic disadvantages and require culturally targeted social and health assistance. In Australia, it means a person from Pacific Islands as in New Zealand. In the United States it refers to people from the same locations living in the U.S. except Native Hawaiians. This would not include New Zealanders. For instance Race (U.S. Census) category was "Native Hawaiians and Other Pacific Islander"(NHOPI). NHOPI refers to people having origins in any of the original peoples of Hawaii, Guam, Samoa, or other Pacific Islands. It includes people who indicated their race or races as \"Native Hawaiian\", "Guamanian or Chamorros", "Samoan", or "Other Pacific Islander", or wrote in entries such as Tahitian, Mariana Islander, or Chuukese. Inhabitants of China, Japan, Philippines, and Indonesia islands are not considered Pacific Islanders and are classified as "Asians" on the U.S. Census. ==See also== *American Pacific Islander *Closing the gaps *History of Oceania *History of the Pacific Islands Ethnic groups of the Pacific
Is Filipino classified as pacific islander? :You will not find a single person native to the Philippines that doesn't consider himself or herself Asian. User:TheCoffee 06:51, 31 Jan 2005 (UTC)
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Pacific Islander
A Pacific Islander or Pacific Person (plural: ''Pacific People'') is a term used in several places, such as New Zealand and the United States, to describe people of a certain heritage. In New Zealand, it is applied to a person who has emigrated from one of the smaller Pacific islands of the Pacific to New Zealand in modern times, or one of their descendants born in New Zealand. While the majority of these people originate from Polynesia, others come from Micronesia and Melanesia. The term is used to distinguish these people from the indigenous New Zealand Maori (who are also Polynesian but arrived in New Zealand many centuries earlier), and from other ethnic groups. A major reason for making the ethnic distinction is that the Pacific People collectively suffer from socio-economic disadvantages and require culturally targeted social and health assistance. In Australia, it means a person from Pacific Islands as in New Zealand. In the United States it refers to people from the same locations living in the U.S. except Native Hawaiians. This would not include New Zealanders. For instance Race (U.S. Census) category was "Native Hawaiians and Other Pacific Islander"(NHOPI). NHOPI refers to people having origins in any of the original peoples of Hawaii, Guam, Samoa, or other Pacific Islands. It includes people who indicated their race or races as \"Native Hawaiian\", "Guamanian or Chamorros", "Samoan", or "Other Pacific Islander", or wrote in entries such as Tahitian, Mariana Islander, or Chuukese. Inhabitants of China, Japan, Philippines, and Indonesia islands are not considered Pacific Islanders and are classified as "Asians" on the U.S. Census. ==See also== *American Pacific Islander *Closing the gaps *History of Oceania *History of the Pacific Islands Ethnic groups of the Pacific
Pacific Islander
Is Filipino classified as pacific islander? :You will not find a single person native to the Philippines that doesn't consider himself or herself Asian. User:TheCoffee 06:51, 31 Jan 2005 (UTC)
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