One reason for the stronger sense of New Zealand identity at the beginning of the 20th century was the increasing number of people born in the country. In 1886 the census showed a greater number (excluding Māori) of New Zealand-born than foreign-born, and by 1901 this group formed a substantial majority.
Te whakamahi i tēnei tūemi
Te Ara - The Encyclopedia of New Zealand
This item is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial 3.0 New Zealand Licence
Source: New Zealand census, 1861–1901
Tāpiritia te tākupu hou