immigration

British & Irish immigration, 1840-1914

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  Who were the ancestors of Pākehā New Zealand? Where did they come from and what sort of people were they? These are some of the questions which this feature sets out to answer.

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• Page 2 – Summary

  This graph charts the immigrants from all countries who came to New Zealand from 1840 to 1914. This includes those who migrated from places such as Germany, Italy, Scandinavia

• Page 3 – Where did they come from?

  The composition of the inflow from Britain and Ireland was quite different from the composition of the United Kingdom as a whole.

• Page 4 – The English

  Table and graph showing which part of England immigrants to New Zealand came from.

• Page 5 – The Scots

  Table and graph showing which part of Scotland immigrants to New Zealand came from.

• Page 6 – The Irish

  Table and graph showing which part of Ireland immigrants to New Zealand came from.

• Page 7 – Where to?

  British-born population living in New Zealand provinces in 1871.

• Page 8 – Who were the immigrants?

  Graph of figures taken from the death certificates of British and Irish immigrants to New Zealand (which include information on the father's occupation).

• Page 9 – Conclusions

  These statistics suggest some larger conclusions about the character and values of New Zealand's founding Pākehā population

• Page 10 – Further information

  Further sources relating to British and Irish immigration to New Zealand, including pdfs of more detailed information and statistics

Assisted immigration, 1947-75

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  New Zealand is a country of immigrants. Wave after wave of peoples have settled here: Polynesian, British, European, Asian.

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• Page 2 – Peopling New Zealand

  The Labour Department was responsible for setting up and administering the assisted immigration scheme

• Page 3 – Leaving the grey UK

  The Immigration Branch needed to advertise the assisted immigration scheme as widely as possible and mostly used the classified sections of British newspapers.

• Page 4 – The voyage out

  The Captain Cook, along with the Captain Hobson, brought assisted immigrants to New Zealand via the Panama Canal from 1952.

• Page 5 – Life in New Zealand

  After they arrived, each assisted immigrant was given a letter of welcome from Bert Bockett, the Secretary for Labour, which outlined the assistance which the Department would

The Vogel era

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  In 1870, Colonial Treasurer Julius Vogel launched the most ambitious development programme in New Zealand’s history. The ‘Vogel era’ was a decisive moment in New Zealand’s 19th-century transformation from a Māori world to a Pākehā one.

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• Page 3 – Vogel's vision

  In June 1870, Vogel unveiled the most ambitious public works and assisted-immigration programme in New Zealand’s history.

• Page 4 – Building Vogel's railways

  Julius Vogel wasn’t the first colonial politician to promise public works and immigration on the back of borrowed money. But the early 1870s offered better prospects for

• Page 5 – Vogel's legacy

  After the initial enthusiasm of the 1870s, Julius Vogel’s reputation suffered in the 1880s when New Zealand’s economy slumped into a long depression that was triggered by an

Dominion status

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  On 26 September 1907 the colony of New Zealand ceased to exist. It became, instead, a dominion within the British Empire.

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• Page 6 - New Zealand in 1907What was New Zealand like at the time of becoming a dominion?