title: Spanish language in New Zealand
text: # 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% |
  