Story: Chinese

More links and websites

• An immigrant nation - the footprints of the dragon

  Excerpts from a 1997 documentary examining immigration from China and Taiwan, on the NZ On Screen website.

• Asia:NZ foundation

  General information about Asia for New Zealanders.

• Chinese in New Zealand

  A collection of material about the Chinese in New Zealand, including history and academic papers.

• The Office of Ethnic Communities (formerly Office of Ethnic Affairs)

  The Office of Ethnic Communities site includes a database of poll tax records. It also has links to other Chinese websites in New Zealand and overseas.

More suggestions and sources

• Ip, Manying. Home away from home: life stories of Chinese women in New Zealand. Auckland: New Women's Press, 1990.
• Ip, Manying. Unfolding history, evolving identity: the Chinese in New Zealand. Auckland: Auckland University Press, 2003.
• McKinnon, Malcolm. Immigrants and citizens: New Zealanders and Asian immigration in historical context. Wellington: Institute of Policy Studies, Victoria University of Wellington, 1996.
• Murphy, Nigel. A guide to laws and policies relating to the Chinese in New Zealand, 1871–1996. Wellington: New Zealand Chinese Association, 2002.
• Murphy, Nigel. The poll-tax in New Zealand: a research paper commissioned by the New Zealand Chinese Association. Wellington: Office of External Affairs, 1994.
• Ng, James. Windows on a Chinese past. 4 vols. Dunedin: Otago Heritage Books, 1993–1999.