Story: Scots
Page 14. All images & media
From page 1 - Before 1840: sailors and missionaries
From page 2 - 1840–1852: organised settlement
From page 3 - The Otago settlement
From page 4 - 1853–1870: a surge of Scots
From page 5 - The late 1800s
From page 6 - 1900–1945: ebbs and flows
From page 7 - Immigration after 1945
From page 8 - Scottish culture
From page 9 - Education
From page 10 - Scots in public life
From page 11 - Scots and the economy
How to cite this page
John Wilson, Scots, Te Ara – the Encyclopedia of New Zealand, https://teara.govt.nz/en/story/22314/media (accessed 4 June 2026).
Story by John Wilson, published 4 March 2009, updated 1 August 2024.