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Kōrero: City history and people

Chinese enclave, Haining Street

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Chinese enclave, Haining Street

Cities developed ethnic enclaves in the 19th century. In Wellington, the Chinese community settled around Te Aro’s Frederick and Haining streets, shown here in 1904. The area had a rather prejudiced reputation in the wider community as a centre of drug-taking, gambling and vice.

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Alexander Turnbull Library

Reference: 1/2-012470; C

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David Thorns rāua ko Ben Schrader, City history and people – Growth of urban culture, 1980s–2000s, Te Ara – the Encyclopedia of New Zealand, https://teara.govt.nz/mi/photograph/23538/chinese-enclave-haining-street (accessed 4 June 2026).

He kōrero nā David Thorns rāua ko Ben Schrader, i tāngia i te 15 April 2010.