International migration to NZ

By wilsontm16
  • Scottish, English, French and German

    Scottish, English, French and German

    · Scottish, English, French and German immigrants arrive in New Zealand
  • Chinese

    Chinese

    · The discovery of gold leads to an influx of Chinese gold-miners to New Zealand, but then heavy taxes were introduced to reduce the number of Chinese coming here.
  • British

    British

    · 2259 British boys and girls arrived to start a better life (after WWI).
  • White

    White

    · White New Zealand League Formed. This group opposed any non-whites immigrating to New Zealand.
  • Jews - Nazis

    Jews - Nazis

    · 1000 German Jews who were fleeing the Nazis arrived.
  • British children

    British children

    · British child evacuees from World War 2 arrived, as well as Polish refugees.
  • British immigrants

    British immigrants

    · New Zealand government paid for British immigrants they wanted to settle in New Zealand.
  • Dutch

    Dutch

    · 19 000 Dutch immigrants arrived.
  • Pacific Islanders

    Pacific Islanders

    · Pacific Islanders arrived in New Zealand, many on a 3 month visitors visas. Many overstayed.
  • Refugee

    Refugee

    · Refugees from Uganda, Chile, Cambodia, Laos, Vietnam arrived.
  • Pacific island immigrants

    Pacific island immigrants

    · Dawn raids on Pacific Island immigrants to catch over-stayers.
  • Iran

    Iran

    · Refugees arrived from Iraq and Iran.
  • Somali and Bosnian

    Somali and Bosnian

    · Somali and Bosnian refugees arrived in NZ.