The Office of Ethnic Affairs 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, 1993–99.