Portuguese New Zealanders are either Portuguese who migrated to New Zealand, or New Zealanders of Portuguese descent. According to the latest 2006 New Zealand census, 195 residents of the country declared Portugal to be the place of their birth, and it is estimated that Portuguese migrants and their descendants number approximately 650, down from 900 in 2006, and 1000 in 1996. On 22 April 2010, Portuguese New Zealanders were recognised by the Office of Ethnic Affairs as an official community of New Zealand, having tied the 70th ribbon to Parliament's mooring stone on the Parliament House Galleria. The Portuguese Embassy in Canberra, Australia is accredited to New Zealand, while there are two honorary Portuguese consulates in New Zealand, one in Wellington and the other in Auckland, both of