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This gesture was a response to a perceived German threat to Britain and reflected awareness that a strong British Empire was critical to New Zealand’s security. HMS New Zealand cost New Zealand taxpayers £1.7 million (equivalent to $350 million in 2023). When the ship visited the dominion in 1913 for 10 weeks during a voyage around the world ...
Revolutions of 1917–1923. The aftermath of World War I saw far-reaching and wide-ranging cultural, economic, and social change across Europe, Asia, Africa, and even in areas outside those that were directly involved. Four empires collapsed due to the war, old countries were abolished, new ones were formed, boundaries were redrawn ...
1840–52: New Zealand Company, Australian and military immigrants. During this period there were three main flows of British and Irish migrants. The largest number came as assisted immigrants to the five New Zealand Company Settlements — in 1840–2 they migrated to Wellington, Nelson and New Plymouth, and then from 1848–52 there was a ...
Feb 9, 2010 · On January 22, 1840, colonists aboard The New Zealand Company’s ship, the Aurora, become the first European settlers to arrive at Petone to found the settlement that would become Wellington. In ...
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GEOFFREY BROOKE. This paper examines and attempts to explain migration from the United Kingdom to New Zealand between 1840 and 1914. New Zealand was colonized during a mass migration during which approximately 50 million people left Europe. Migration to New Zealand accounted for a very small fraction of this total migration, and for a larger ...
Jul 25, 2023 · The early 19th century marked a pivotal moment in the history of New Zealand with the onset of British colonisation. Aided by the increasing arrival of settlers and missionaries, the British…
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