Events In History
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8 August 1995Shakti begins in New Zealand
On 8 August 1995 Farida Sultana and seven other women met to discuss the establishment of a culturally specialist support service for Asian, Middle Eastern and African women in New Zealand. Read more...
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8 September 1862First Albertland settlers arrive in Auckland
The Matilda Wattenbach brought 352 Nonconformist (non-Anglican Protestant) immigrants from England. Another 315 landed from the Hanover a week later, and six more immigrant ships had arrived by 1865. Read more...
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British & Irish immigration, 1840-1914
Who were the ancestors of Pākehā New Zealand? Where did they come from and what sort of people were they? These are some of the questions which this feature sets out to answer.
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Page 2 – Overview - immigration to New Zealand 1840-1914
Overview of immigration trends 1840-1914
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Page 3 – Where did they come from?
The composition of the inflow from Britain and Ireland was quite different from the composition of the United Kingdom as a whole.
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Page 4 – English immigrants
Table and graph showing which part of England immigrants to New Zealand came from.
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Page 5 – Scottish immigrants
Table and graph showing which part of Scotland immigrants to New Zealand came from.
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Page 6 – Irish immigrants
Table and graph showing which part of Ireland immigrants to New Zealand came from.
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Page 7 – Where did immigrants move to?
British-born population living in New Zealand provinces in 1871.
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Page 8 – Who were the immigrants?
Graph of figures taken from the death certificates of British and Irish immigrants to New Zealand (which include information on the father's occupation).
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Page 9 – Conclusions about immigration 1840-1914
These statistics suggest some larger conclusions about the character and values of New Zealand's founding Pākehā population
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Page 10 – Further information
Further sources relating to British and Irish immigration to New Zealand, including pdfs of more detailed information and statistics
Assisted immigration, 1947-75
New Zealand is a country of immigrants. Wave after wave of peoples have settled here: Polynesian, British, European, Asian.
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Page 2 – Peopling New Zealand
The Labour Department was responsible for setting up and administering the assisted immigration scheme
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Page 3 – Leaving the grey UK
The Immigration Branch needed to advertise the assisted immigration scheme as widely as possible and mostly used the classified sections of British newspapers.
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Page 4 – The voyage out
The Captain Cook, along with the Captain Hobson, brought assisted immigrants to New Zealand via the Panama Canal from 1952.
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Page 5 – Life in New Zealand
After they arrived, each assisted immigrant was given a letter of welcome from Bert Bockett, the Secretary for Labour, which outlined the assistance which the Department would
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Main image: Farida Sultana
Farida Sultana, founder of the Shakti Community Council New Zealand and Australia