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The great migration: 1871 to 1885. The immigrants of the great migration. Depression: 1885 to 1900. Migration: 1900 to 1914. Between the wars. The Second World War: 1939 to 1945. Assisted immigration revives: 1946 to 1975. The end of a 'white New Zealand' policy. Many leave, fewer arrive: 1975 to 1991.
Collection of Kelvingrove Art Gallery and Museum, Glasgow, Scotland. Migration to New Zealand began only very recently in human history, with Polynesian settlement in New Zealand, previously uninhabited, about 1250 CE to 1280 CE. European migration provided a major influx, especially following the signing of the Treaty of Waitangi in 1840.
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 ...
Assisted immigration to New Zealand 1947-1975. New Zealand is a nation of immigrants. This is the story of some of the 77,000 who came from Great Britain between 1947 and 1975 under the assisted immigration scheme. More on this topic.
Early years. A growing settlement: 1825 to 1839. British immigration and the New Zealand Company. The immigrants: 1840 to 1852. Settlement in the provinces: 1853 to 1870. Auckland’s immigrants: 1853 to 1870. Miners. The great migration: 1871 to 1885. The immigrants of the great migration.
Discovery and migration. New Zealand has a shorter human history than almost any other country. The date of first settlement is a matter of debate, but current understanding is that the first arrivals came from East Polynesia between 1250 and 1300 CE. It was not until 1642 that Europeans became aware the country existed.
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14 April 2008. New Zealand pre-1840. Early assisted European settlement and restrictions on Chinese. Continued assisted migration and end of Chinese restrictions. Post–World War Two assisted settlement. Tighter regulations and end of assisted migration. Migrant categories and increased focus on skilled migrants. Focus on talents and skills.
