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Welcoming Scottish children, 1940

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Welcoming Scottish children, 1940

Labour Prime Minister Peter Fraser (centre) and National Party leader Adam Hamilton (second from right) – both of Scots ancestry – join a crowd of Scottish children in Wellington on 27 September 1940. The young visitors arrived under the Overseas Reception Scheme.

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John Wilson, Scots – Scots in public life, Te Ara – the Encyclopedia of New Zealand, https://teara.govt.nz/en/photograph/1125/welcoming-scottish-children-1940 (accessed 4 June 2026).

Story by John Wilson, published 4 March 2009, updated 1 August 2024.