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Kōrero: History of immigration

Special settlements

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Special settlements

Auckland province offered immigrants 40-acre (16-hectare) land grants, and under this scheme a group of settlers came in 1863 from Bohemia (now part of the Czech Republic) to Pūhoi, north of Auckland. This photo shows Pūhoi settlers on the 50th anniversary of their arrival.

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Pūhoi Bohemian Museum

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Jock Phillips, History of immigration – Auckland’s immigrants: 1853 to 1870, Te Ara – the Encyclopedia of New Zealand, https://teara.govt.nz/mi/photograph/2106/special-settlements (accessed 4 June 2026).

He kōrero nā Jock Phillips, i tāngia i te 4 March 2009, updated 1 August 2015.