Events In History
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27 December 1987Rewi Alley diesRewi Alley, friend of China, died of heart failure and cerebral thrombosis at his Beijing residence, aged 90. A few weeks earlier, Alley had celebrated his birthday with Communist Party General Secretary Zhao Ziyang. Read more...
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15 June 1959Chinese gooseberry becomes kiwifruitThe prominent produce company Turners and Growers announced that it would from now on export Chinese gooseberries under the name 'kiwifruit'. First grown here in 1906, kiwifruit are now cultivated worldwide, with New Zealand-grown fruit marketed as 'Zespri'. Read more...
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15 December 1944Poll tax on Chinese immigrants abolishedThe Finance Act (No. 3) abolished the poll tax introduced in 1881, which was described by Minister of Finance Walter Nash as a 'blot on our legislation'. Read more...
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24 September 1905Race killing in Haining St, WellingtonLionel Terry killed Joe Kum Yung to draw attention to his crusade to rid New Zealand of Chinese people. His death sentence was commuted to life imprisonment on the grounds of insanity. Read more...
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7 May 1888Anti-Chinese hysteria in DunedinIn a climate of widespread hostility towards non-white immigrants, a meeting in Dunedin − presided over by the mayor − unanimously called for a ban on further Chinese migrants Read more...
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5 July 1881Poll tax imposed on ChineseThe Chinese Immigrants Act of 1881 introduced a ‘poll tax’ of £10. Ships arriving in New Zealand could land only one Chinese passenger for each 10 tons of cargo. Read more...
Articles
Chinese New Year
More than 100,000 ethnic Chinese who call New Zealand home celebrated the Chinese New Year on 10 February this year.
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Page 2 – Chinese New Year activities - social studies activities
Each year of the Chinese calendar is represented by an animal. In 2013 it is the Year of the Snake
Allies
The military alliance that fought against the Central Powers was known as the Allies. Initially this alliance was based around the four great powers of Russia, France, Japan and the British Empire, along with the smaller states of Serbia, Montenegro and Belgium that also went to war in 1914.
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Page 3 – Republic of China
Key information and statistics about the Republic of China during the First World War
The Cold War
Although the origins of the so-called Cold War can be traced back to the Bolshevik revolution of 1917, this intense ideological struggle between the Western powers and the Soviet Union really began after the Second World War.
- Page 5 - South-East AsiaDuring the 1950s the focus of New Zealand’s defence strategy shifted from the Middle East to Asia.
Biographies
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Alley, Rewi
In December 1926 Rewi Alley left New Zealand ‘to go and have a look at the Chinese revolution’. Alley stayed in China for 60 years, becoming one of its best-known and best-loved foreigners.
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Main image: Tiananmen Square memorial
The Tiananmen Square memorial boulder, dedicated to the victims of the Tiananmen Square massacre, was unveiled on the Alten Road frontage of St Andrews Presbyterian Church on 17 September 1989.
