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20th-century anti-Chinese legislation

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20th-century anti-Chinese legislation

Legislation discriminating against Chinese people in New Zealand continued to be enacted until well into the 20th century. This table shows laws introduced between 1901 and 1944, when the poll tax was finally repealed.

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Manying Ip, Chinese – Later settlement, Te Ara – the Encyclopedia of New Zealand, https://teara.govt.nz/en/diagram/4204/20th-century-anti-chinese-legislation (accessed 4 June 2026).

Story by Manying Ip, published 4 March 2009, updated 1 July 2024.