Spanish language in New Zealand
# Spanish language in New Zealand

The Spanish language began to be used in New Zealand with some regularity from the 1960s and early 1970s, mainly by immigrants from the Spanish-speaking countries of South America and some from Central America, Mexico, Spain, and Gibraltar.

## Statistics

Spanish speakers in New Zealand :

| Census | Quantity | Percentage |
| - | - | - |
| 1996 | 10 692 | 0.2885% |
| 2001 | 14 676 | 0.3789% |
| 2006 | 21 645 | 0.5202% |
| 2013 | 26 979 | 0.6023% |
