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Kōrero: History of immigration

Whārangi 19. Ngā whakaahua, ngā rauemi katoa

From page 1 - Early years

From page 2 - A growing settlement: 1825 to 1839

From page 3 - British immigration and the New Zealand Company

From page 4 - The immigrants: 1840 to 1852

From page 5 - Settlement in the provinces: 1853 to 1870

From page 6 - Auckland’s immigrants: 1853 to 1870

From page 7 - Miners

From page 8 - The great migration: 1871 to 1885

From page 9 - The immigrants of the great migration

From page 10 - Depression: 1885 to 1900

From page 11 - Migration: 1900 to 1914

From page 12 - Between the wars

From page 13 - The Second World War: 1939 to 1945

From page 14 - Assisted immigration revives: 1946 to 1975

From page 15 - The end of a 'white New Zealand' policy

From page 16 - Many leave, fewer arrive: 1975 to 1991

From page 17 - Multicultural New Zealand: 1991 onwards

Me pēnei te tohu i te whārang

Jock Phillips, History of immigration, Te Ara – the Encyclopedia of New Zealand, https://teara.govt.nz/mi/story/20631/media (accessed 4 June 2026).

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