"While the blanket is short learn how to bend," (Filipino proverb). Ano ba talaga ang dapat itawag sa atin? Kiwinoy, PiNoyZ, Fil-Kiwis, Filos? I'm OK with Kiwinoy, PiNoyZ or even Fil-Kiwis. Medyo ayaw ko yata ng Filos, wala lang, ayaw ko lang. Doesn't sound right for me..jpg)
Photo c/o RMO
These are the stats I gathered from Statistics NZ, in the course of my research. As of the 2023 census there are now 108,297 Pinoys in Aotearoa New Zealand with a media age of 34.8 years, median personal income of adults is $51,300 and 84.3% were born overseas. There are other glaring stats about us: 49.7% speak more than one language, 57.2% adults have post-school qualification, 94.3% have access to the internet, while the largest concentration of Pinoys are found in the Auckland region, followed by the Canterbury region, and Wellington region.
Filipinos are employed in almost all sectors of the economy: professionals, managers, sales workers, technicians and trade workers, labourers, community and personal service workers, clerical and administrative workers, as well as machinery operators and drivers. We can find our kabarangays in almost all sectors: business, agriculture, social services, nursing, dairying, beekeeping, teaching, social work, engineering, IT, telecommunications, transportation, law enforcement (police), and a couple who are now in elected positions in governance. We have two Members of Parliament (MPs): Paulo Garcia (National Party) and Kiko Hernandez (Green Party).
Among all the sectors, I am quite fascinated by our EntrePiNoyZ, who are engaged in all types of businesses: sari-sari store, restaurant, spa and beauty parlor, medical centres, real estate, financing, money remittance, health supplements, t-shirt printing, flower shops, gift shops, food cart operations, publishing, broadcasting, event management, and many others. Ang wala na lang (at least for now) Pinoys engaged in the funeral business, which I'm sure will be explored by them in the near future.
Bilib na bilib ako sa mga kabarangay natin, dahil kahit malayo sa Inang Bayan, sa bayang sinilangan, ay umiiral pa rin sa puso't damdamin ang pagka-Filipino: maka-Diyos, maka-bayan, maka-tao at maka-kalikasan. Mabuhay po ang sambayanang Pilipino.
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