Story: Ethnic and religious intolerance

Poll tax certificate receipt

The certificate receipt stub from the £100 poll tax paid by Yee Nam on his arrival in Wellington in November 1904.

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Archives New Zealand - Te Rua Mahara o te Kāwanatanga

Reference: L, 24-8, Box 1

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How to cite this page

Paul Spoonley, Ethnic and religious intolerance – Intolerance towards Asians, Te Ara – the Encyclopedia of New Zealand, https://teara.govt.nz/en/document/28175/poll-tax-certificate-receipt (accessed 17 June 2026).

Story by Paul Spoonley, published 17 February 2011.

Comments

Lynette Shum
30 January 2018

The certificate on this page (https://teara.govt.nz/en/document/28175/poll-tax-certificate) is not, as stated in fact,the certificate that was issued, but the stub retained by Customs. The certificate looks quite different.