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The Hodsell family

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The Hodsell family

The early 1920s were a period of significant migration from Britain to New Zealand. Many ex-servicemen and their families arrived at the country’s ports, 13,000 of them as assisted migrants. One family from a military background was Edward and Selena Hodsell and their two daughters.

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Jock Phillips, History of immigration – Between the wars, Te Ara – the Encyclopedia of New Zealand, https://teara.govt.nz/en/photograph/2137/the-hodsell-family (accessed 3 June 2026).

Story by Jock Phillips, published 4 March 2009, updated 1 August 2015.