New Zealand

To which language should you translate to localize in New Zealand?

Official language

English (72.6%; 3.79 mln), Te Reo Māori (3.5%; 182k) and New Zealand Sign Language

Actual languages

English (72.6%; 3.79 mln), Te Reo Māori (3.5%; 182k), Chinese (2.2%; 114k), Samoan (2.0%; 104k), Hindi (1.6%; 83k), French (1.2%; 62k), other (16.9%; 882k)

What the top 150 best localized websites in the world do in New Zealand

(Top 150 websites listed in the Global by Design ranking – published annually by Byte Level Research, this report provides a list of globally localized websites, showcasing best practices and emerging trends in their globalization)

• 129/150 localize by translating into English
• 1/150 localizes by translating into English, Samoan, Samoan Sign Language, Niuean, Te Reo Maori and New Zealand Sign Language
• 1/150 localizes by translating into English, Samoan Niuean and Te Reo Maori
• 1/150 localizes by translating into English and Simplified Chinese
• 1/150 localizes by translating into English, French, Spanish, Italian, German, Portuguese, Russian, Simplified Chinese, Traditional Chinese, Japanese and Korean
• 1/150 localizes by translating into both English and French
• 1/150 localizes by translating into English, French, Spanish, Italian, German, Portuguese, Simplified Chinese, Traditional Chinese, Japanese, Swedish, Polish, Arabic, Czech, Hungarian, and Dutch
• 1/150 localizes by translating into English, French, Spanish, Italian, German, Portuguese, Russian, Simplified Chinese, Traditional Chinese, Japanese, Polish, Hungarian, Romanian, Bahasa Indonesia, Turkish, Thai and Ukrainian