'A lot of English people, I think, were not accepted as well as they might have been because they themselves tended to think anything that was in New Zealand that was different to what they had been used to was by definition worse...'
Who were the ancestors of Pakeha 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.
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, and most significantly Australia.
The Immigration Branch needed to advertise the assisted immigration scheme as widely as possible and mostly used the classified sections of British newspapers.
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 give them and provided details of the jobs in New Zealand to which they had been appointed, along with their transport and accommodation arrangements.
Who were the Irish immigrants who came to New Zealand between 1840 and 1915? Whereabouts in Ireland did they come from and where did they settle when they got here?
Graph of figures taken from the death certificates of British and Irish immigrants to New Zealand (which include information on the father's occupation).
'New Zealand wants domestic servants; good homes, good wages'. Cover of Information about New Zealand for domestic servants issued by the High Commissioner for New Zealand. London, c1912
