Chinese New Zealanders
"Chinese New Zealanders" provides an overview of migration to Aotearoa New Zealand from the 1860s until the present day.
About this resource
Series: School Journal Level 4 November 2019
Reading year level: 7
Category: Non-fiction
Topics: aliens, ancestry, attitudes, change, China, Chinatown, Chinese, citizens, citizenship, community, cultural identity, cultural interaction, discrimination, diversity, ethnic groups, family, gold rush, immigration, integration, migrants, New Zealanders, Otago, poll tax, poverty, racism, Richard Seddon, stereotypes
Chinese New Zealanders
Words by Helene Wong
The article outlines push-and-pull factors that contributed to various waves of migration, how Pākehā New Zealanders responded to these waves, and adaptations made by Chinese migrants as they adjusted to their new home.