Story: Italians

More links and websites

• An immigrant nation - the unbroken thread

  Excerpts from a 1997 documentary about the Italian community in Island Bay, Wellington, on the NZ On Screen website.

• Matiu/Somes Island prisoners, Wellington, NZ

  A website about Somes Island and its history as an internment camp.

• The Italian campaign: New Zealand in the Second World War

  This NZ History article showcases stories of New Zealanders' experiences in the Italian campaign in the Second World War.

More suggestions and sources

• Burnley, I. H. From southern Europe to New Zealand: Greeks and Italians in New Zealand. Sydney: University of New South Wales Press, 1972.
• Duder, Tessa. In search of Elisa Marchetti. Auckland: Penguin, 2002.
• Elenio, Paul. Alla fine del mondo – to the ends of the earth: a history of Italian migration to the Wellington region. Wellington: Club Garibaldi, 1995.
• Laracy, Eugénie, and Hugh Laracy. The Italians in New Zealand and other studies. Auckland: Società Dante Alighieri, 1973.
• New Zealand, an immigrant nation. The unbroken thread: the Italians [videorecording]. Producer, Vincent Burke; director, Caterina De Nave. Wellington: Top Shelf Productions, 1994.
• Page, Dion, ed. Famiglie Strombolani in Nuova Zelanda. Wellington: Stromboli Connection Organising Group, 2000.