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Country of origin of immigrants (graph)

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The composition of the inflow from Britain and Ireland was quite different from the composition of the United Kingdom as a whole. By comparison with the distribution of population in the homelands, there were generally fewer English than might be expected and considerably more from Ireland and especially Scotland. Read more here.

Credit

Jock Phillips

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Country of origin of immigrants (graph), URL: https://nzhistory.govt.nz/media/photo/country-origin-immigrants-graph, (Manatū Taonga — Ministry for Culture and Heritage), updated