Gaming Act outlawed puckapoo and fan-tan two Chinese games of chance
The Poll Tax was increased to a hundred pounds
The Old Age Pensions Act excluding naturalised Chinese
Immigration Restriction Act which along with excluding criminals, the insane and people with infectious diseases also excluded Chinese
English Reading test fro 'Aliens' which included Chinese
Chinese prevented from becoming naturalised citizens
Factories Act limited the hours that laundries employing more thantwo people could be open. This affected Chinese laundries as most of them employed more than two workers
Immigration Resteiction Act which required all aliens to apply from a permit to come amd only the Minister of Customs could decide who was allowed to come as permanent residents
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 feom using their children as unpaid workers
War refugees, including Chinese,callowed to come on a temporary basis. Tax on Chinese abolished
Immigration review permitted Chinese with professional qualifications to come to New Zealand
Business Immigration policy selected immigrants on their personal qualities and not on their race
