Events In History
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27 December 1987Death of Rewi Alley
The former Cantabrian died in Beijing after living in China through six tumultuous decades. Read more...
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15 June 1959Chinese gooseberry becomes kiwifruit
The prominent produce company Turners and Growers announced that it would from now on export Chinese gooseberries under the name 'kiwifruit'. First grown here in 1906, kiwifruit are now cultivated worldwide, with New Zealand-grown fruit marketed as 'Zespri'. Read more...
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15 December 1944Poll tax on Chinese immigrants abolished
The Finance Act (No. 3) 1944 abolished the poll tax introduced in 1881, which was described by Minister of Finance Walter Nash as a 'blot on our legislation'. Read more...
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24 September 1905Racist killing in Wellington's Haining St
The murder of retired miner Joe Kum Yung by white supremacist Lionel Terry in Wellington’s Haining Street highlighted the hatred some felt towards New Zealand’s small but long-established Chinese community. Read more...
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7 May 1888Anti-Chinese hysteria in Dunedin
A meeting in Dunedin presided over by the mayor unanimously called for a ban on further Chinese immigrants. Read more...
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5 July 1881Poll tax imposed on Chinese
Parliament passed the Chinese Immigrants Act, which introduced a ‘poll tax’ of £10 (equivalent to nearly $1700 today) on Chinese migrants and restricted the number allowed to land from each ship arriving in New Zealand. Read more...
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Allies
The military alliance that fought against the Central Powers was known as the Allies. Initially this alliance was based around the four great powers of Russia, France, Japan and the British Empire, along with the smaller states of Serbia, Montenegro and Belgium that also went to war in 1914.
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Page 3 – Republic of China
Key information and statistics about the Republic of China during the First World War
Stories in the land field trip
Field trips are a fantastic way for students and teachers to develop shared experiences outside of the classroom. This field trip – ‘Stories in the land’ – is facilitated by educator-historian Ricky Prebble and can be adapted for senior and junior students.
- Page 1 - Stories in the land field tripField trips are a fantastic way for students and teachers to develop shared experiences outside of the classroom. This field trip – ‘Stories in the land’ – is facilitated
The Cold War
Although the origins of the so-called Cold War can be traced back to the Bolshevik revolution of 1917, this intense ideological struggle between the Western powers and the Soviet Union really began after the Second World War.
- Page 5 - South-East AsiaDuring the 1950s the focus of New Zealand’s defence strategy shifted from the Middle East to Asia.
Chinese New Year
- Page 1 - Chinese New Year activities - social studies activitiesEach year of the Chinese calendar is represented by an
Biographies
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Alley, Rewi
In December 1926 Rewi Alley left New Zealand ‘to go and have a look at the Chinese revolution’. Alley stayed in China for 60 years, becoming one of its best-known and best-loved foreigners.
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Main image: SS Ventnor memorial, Ōpononi
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