Kōrero: South Africans

A South African family in Wellington, early 1990s

A South African family in Wellington, early 1990s

White South Africans form the majority of immigrants from Africa. When pictured in 1992 the Johnson family had applied for permanent residency after living in New Zealand for two years. They came for the same reasons as most people – to give themselves and their children a better future.

Te whakamahi i tēnei tūemi

Alexander Turnbull Library, Dominion Post Collection (PAColl-7327)
Reference: EP-Politics-Immigration-04
Photograph by Melanie Burford

Permission of the Alexander Turnbull Library, National Library of New Zealand, Te Puna Mātauranga o Aotearoa, must be obtained before any re-use of this image.

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Te tuhi tohutoro mō tēnei whārangi:

Carl Walrond, 'South Africans - Settlement', Te Ara - the Encyclopedia of New Zealand, http://www.TeAra.govt.nz/mi/photograph/711/a-south-african-family-in-wellington-early-1990s (accessed 20 April 2024)

He kōrero nā Carl Walrond, i tāngia i te 8 Feb 2005, updated 25 Mar 2015