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Anti-Chinese legislation

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Anti-Chinese legislation

The list of anti-Chinese legislation enacted in New Zealand graphically illustrates the prejudice Chinese immigrants had to endure. This table shows the legislation introduced between 1881 and 1900.

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Manying Ip, Chinese – Later settlement, Te Ara – the Encyclopedia of New Zealand, https://teara.govt.nz/en/photograph/2173/anti-chinese-legislation (accessed 4 June 2026).

Story by Manying Ip, published 4 March 2009, updated 1 July 2024.