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Old Chinese store at Nokomai River

Presbyterian minister Alexander Don (right) stands with Soo Yan in front of the Chinese store at Nokomai River, Southland, on 14 January 1903.

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Presbyterian Archives, Knox College, Alexander Don Collection

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Manying Ip, Chinese – The first immigrants, Te Ara – the Encyclopedia of New Zealand, https://teara.govt.nz/en/photograph/1085/old-chinese-store-at-nokomai-river (accessed 4 June 2026).

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