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MIGRATION TO NEW ZEALAND

By ArRaN
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    china miners

    · 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.
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    british arrive for better life

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

  • white nzers

    · White New Zealand League Formed. This group opposed any non-whites immigrating to New Zealand.
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    crazy german jews

    · 1000 German Jews who were fleeing the Nazis arrived.
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    ww2

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

  • british immigrants

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

    · 19 000 Dutch immigrants arrived.
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    pacific migration to NZ

    Pacific Islanders arrived in New Zealand, many on a 3 month visitors visas. Many overstayed.
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    iraqeys and iraneees arrive

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

    · Somali and Bosnian refugees arrived in NZ.