settlers

Events In History

23 March 1848

The John Wickliffe anchors at Port Chalmers

The first of the Otago Association's immigrant ships brought Scottish settlers who were escaping from an economic depression and a split between the Church of Scotland and the Free Church Presbyterians. Read more...
1 February 1842

First NZ Company settlers arrive in Nelson

The Fifeshire arrived in Nelson with immigrants for the New Zealand Company's latest venture, which followed the settlement of Wellington, Whanganui and New Plymouth. Read more...
22 January 1840

First European settlers arrive in Wellington

The New Zealand Company's first settler ship, the Aurora, arrived at Petone, founding the settlement that would become Wellington Read more...

New Zealand is a country of immigrants. Wave after wave of peoples have settled here: Polynesian, British, European, Asian.
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Page 5 - Life in New ZealandAfter 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

Wakefield, William Hayward
Colonel William Wakefield was one of the earliest European settlers at Port Nicholson (Wellington), where he served as the New Zealand Company’s Principal Agent between 1840 and 1848.
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