Home - Cross-cultural journey
Navigating the journey
Hazards
About culture
Cultures
Cultural clusters
Standard tour
Cultural safety
In practice
Categories of cultures
Often cultures are so big that they have many cultures within a type.
Note that some examples use the same words in different categories, for example, 'Samoan'. The Samoan national culture refers to people of any ethnic background who know how to live within the country's lifestyle; the Samoan ethnic culture is those people who know how to live within the contemporary version of the culture that was therefore other ethnic groups such as German and Chinese arrived.
Think about New Zealand Cultures
How many of the cultural groups below are you a member of?
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Religion |
Race/ethnicity |
Nationality |
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Buddhist |
Pakeha |
New Zealand |
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Jewish |
Maori |
United States |
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Afro-American |
Canada |
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Chinese |
Samoa |
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Muslim |
Samoan |
Australia |
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Christian |
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Gender |
Sexual Orientation |
Occupation |
Class |
Age |
Interest Groups |
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male |
heterosexual |
unemployed |
poor |
school children |
Political Parties |
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female |
homeosexual -men -women |
parent |
working |
teen-agers |
Clubs, e.g., Rotary |
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transgendered |
bisexual |
doctors |
middle |
young adults |
Sports, e.g., Rugby |
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teachers |
upper |
middle-aged |
Gangs |
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students |
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seniors |
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artists |
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truck drivers |
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dancers |
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police |
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salespeople |
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