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Amendment to the shops and offices act stated that all people working in fruit shops apart from the owner and his/her spouse had to be paid the basic wage. This stopped Chinese fruiterers from using their children as unpaid workers .
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Gaming act outlawed puckapoo and fan-tango Chinese games of chance
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Poll tax law which made every Chinese person pay a ten pound tax
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The poll tax was increased to 100 pounds
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The old age pensions act ex
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The old age pensions act excluded naturalised Chinese.
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Shearer accomodation act stated that Chinese in the industry were to have seperate accomodation from the rest of the employes
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Immigrationrestriction act which along with excluding criminals, the insane and people with infectious diseases also excluded Chinese
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Shops and offices act stated that only British subjects could decide on the opening hours of shops and offices in each district.
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English reading test for "aliens" which included Chinese
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Chinese prevented from becoming citizens
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Factories act limited the hours that laundries employing more than two people could be open. This affected Chinese laundries employed more than two workers.
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Immigration restriction act which required all aliens to apply for a permit to come and only the minister of customs could decide who was allowed to come as permanent residents.
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War refuges, including Chinese were allowed to come on a temporary basis. Tax on the Chinese abolished.
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No more temporary permits or student visas issued to Chinese although Chinese men were permitted to bring their immediate famiy to New Zealand.
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Immigration review permitted Chinese with professional qualifications to come to New Zealand
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Business immigration policy selected immigrants on their personal qualities and not on their face.
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English language test and the linking of residency with tax payments once again restricted the numbers of Chinese who were able to qualify as immigrants.
