Events In History
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23 March 1848Scottish settlers arrive in Otago
Otago celebrates the arrival of the immigrant ship John Wickliffe as the founding day of the province. Read more...
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1 February 1842New Zealand Company settlers arrive in Nelson
The Fifeshire arrived in Nelson with immigrants for the New Zealand Company's first settlement in the South Island. Read more...
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22 January 1840European settlers arrive in Wellington
The New Zealand Company's first settler ship, the Aurora, arrived at Petone to found the settlement that would become Wellington. Read more...
Articles
Assisted immigration, 1947-75
New Zealand is a country of immigrants. Wave after wave of peoples have settled here: Polynesian, British, European, Asian.
- Page 5 - Life in New ZealandAfter 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
Biographies
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Wakefield, William Hayward
Colonel William Wakefield was one of the earliest European settlers at Port Nicholson (Wellington), where he served as the New Zealand Company’s Principal Agent between 1840 and 1848.
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