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Kōrero: West Coast region

Origin of UK-born migrants to the West Coast, 1853–1945

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Origin of UK-born migrants to the West Coast,    1853–1945

English-born migrants were always the largest group, but between 1853 and 1890 they were almost matched by the Irish. From 1891 to 1945 the proportion of Scots was much higher, and there were few Irish.

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Te Ara - The Encyclopedia of New Zealand

Source: Jock Phillips and Terry Hearn, Settlers: New Zealand immigrants from England, Ireland and Scotland, 1800–1945. Auckland: Auckland University Press, 2008

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Simon Nathan, West Coast region – Settlement and changing population, Te Ara – the Encyclopedia of New Zealand, https://teara.govt.nz/mi/graph/21096/origin-of-uk-born-migrants-to-the-west-coast-1853-1945 (accessed 4 June 2026).

He kōrero nā Simon Nathan, i tāngia i te 3 March 2009, updated 1 September 2016.