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1840-1859 Scottish,English,French and German immigrants arrive in New Zealand
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1860-1860 the discovery of gold leads to an influx of Chinese gold-miners to New Zealand,but then heavy taxes were intriduced to reduce the number of Chinese coming here.
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1924-1931 2259 British boys and girls arrived to start a better life after ww1
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1926
· White New Zealand League Formed. This group opposed any non-whites immigrating to New Zealand. -
1930-1940 1000 German Jews who were fleeing the Nazis arrived.
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1947 new Zealand government paid for British immigrants they wanted to settle in New Zealand.
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1949-1944 British child evacuees from world war 2 arrived as well as Polish refugees
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19 000 dutch immigrated to new zealand
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1960-1969 the pacific islanders immigrated to new Zealand many on a 3 month visas.Many overstayed.
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1970-1979 Refugees from Uganda,Chile,Cambodia,Laos,Vietnam arrived
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1976 dawn raids on Pacific Island immigrants to catch over-stayers
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1980-1989 Refugees arrived from Iran and Irag
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1990-2000 Somali and Bosnian refugees arrived in New Zealand
