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There is a small population of Iraqis in New Zealand, including immigrants from Iraq and New Zealand-born people of Iraqi heritage or descent. The 2006 census found that 6024 New Zealanders were born in Iraq, although the figure of Iraqi New Zealanders will be higher than this as many New Zealand-born children of Iraqis may consider themselves to be Iraqi New Zealanders. The majority of Iraqi New Zealanders came to New Zealand as refugees during the 1990s and many were Assyrian Christians who had been persecuted for their religion. The greatest concentrations of Iraqis are in Auckland and Wellington.〔Other Middle Eastern peoples, in ''Te Ara: The Encyclopaedia of New Zealand''. ()〕 A large number of Iraqis live in the North Shore region of Auckland City. These are mainly highly educated Iraqis who were from Baghdad the capital of Iraq and Basra city located in south of Iraq. They came under the skillied migrant point system category in the mid 1990s.A large number have settled in the Unsworth Heights and Albany suburbs. The North Shore Iraqi community is one of the fastest growing middle eastern communities in New Zealand. A lot of the Iraqi immigrants had trouble working in their professional fields as there was a lack of employment during the early 1990s; however, by the late 2000s, many had established their own private businesses from private medical clinics to industrial firms. Many New Zealand born Iraqis still retain aspects of their culture. This includes Iraqi food, drink, art, annual Iraqi New Zealand feasts, and a strong commitment to extended family. ==Notable people== * Thalia Amer Al Jawhar, model and Miss Earth New Zealand contestant 2010 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Iraqis in New Zealand」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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