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Jews are a minority here in New Zealand. Of the 4.2 million people in NZ there are only an estimated 7000 Jews. In comparison there were roughly 631,761 Anglicans in the country... in 1997.
The history of the Jews in New Zealand dates back as far as the 1830s when Jewish traders arrived in the country. When NZ became a British Colony the Jews consisted of less than 30 people.
A majority of today's New Zealand Jews live in Wellington or Auckland. There is also a strong Jewish presence in Dunedin, where the southernmost synagogue in the world is located.