New Zealand is more ethnically diverse, less religious and less smoky than it was seven years ago, according to Census figures just released by Statistics New Zealand.
There are now more ethnic groups than there are countries in the world, with the biggest increases in the Chinese, Indian and Filipino categories.
The number of people with no religion has increased by 26 per cent to 1.6 million people. The number of Hindus, Muslims and Pentecostals also rose, while other Christian denominations fell.
The number of smokers has taken a slide, down 23 per cent to just under 600,000.