region Bilibil Maisin Motu Tanga Tolai Trobriand Micronesians Marshallese Palauans Carolinians Chamorros Chuukese Yapese Kiribati Kosraeans Pohnpeians Nauruans Papuan-speaking peoples Papua New Guinea region Abelam Angu Baining (Bismarck Archipelago) Baruya Biangai Chambri Duna Etoro Fore Gadsup Gogodala Haroli Hewa Huli Iatmul Kaluli Kwoma Melpa Mian Morkai Min Mundugumor Ogea Orokaiva Sambia Swagap Tairora Telefol Tsembaga Urapmin Wiru Wola Wopkaimin Yaifo Zia Papua region Asmat Bauzi Dani Fayu Kombai Korowai Koteka（Lani, Ekari, Amungme, Moni, Yali） Marind Mek Sawi Wolani Indonesian New Guinea/West Papua region (see List of ethnic groups of West Papua) Terminology by country Australia In Australia, the term was used to describe Australian descendants of people from the over-80 islands in the western Pacific who had been brought to Australia to work on the sugar fields of Queensland—these people were called in the 19th century. The Pacific Island Labourers Act 1901 was enacted to restrict entry of Pacific Islanders to Australia and to authorise their deportation. In this legislation, Pacific Islanders were defined as: Despite this, Pacific Islanders were generally held in a much higher regard than Indigenous Australians were during the early 20th century. In 2008, a "Pacific Seasonal Worker Pilot Scheme" was announced as a three-year pilot experiment. It provides visas for workers from Kiribati, Tonga, Vanuatu, and Papua New Guinea to work in Australia. Aside from Papua New Guinea, the scheme includes one country each from Melanesia (Vanuatu), Polynesia (Tonga), and Micronesia (Kiribati)—countries that already send workers to New Zealand under its seasonal labour scheme. New Zealand Local usage in New Zealand uses (formerly , or ) to distinguish those who have emigrated from one of these areas in modern times from the New Zealand Māori, who are also Polynesian but are indigenous to New Zealand. In the 2013 New Zealand census, 7.4% of the New Zealand population identified with one or more Pacific ethnic groups, although 62.3% of these were born in New Zealand. Those with a Samoan background make up the largest proportion, followed by Cook Islands Māori, Tongan, and Niuean. Some smaller island populations such as Niue and Tokelau have the majority of their nationals living in New Zealand. To celebrate the diverse Pacific island cultures, the Auckland Region hosts several Pacific island festivals. Two of the major ones are Polyfest, which showcases performances of the secondary school cultural groups in the region, and Pasifika, a festival that celebrates Pacific island heritage through