Story: Germans All images & media From page 1 – First arrivals Germany, showing origins of early immigrant groups to New Zealand A German tobacconist Julius Geissler's farm, Warkworth, North Auckland, 1918 From page 2 – Contribution to New Zealand life: 1800s Rangi and Papatūānuku, 1907 From page 3 – Early settlements Hop picking, Heine family farm Johann Dierks Woodsmen of Pūhoi (1st of 3) Shanties near Pūhoi (2nd of 3) The Rauner brothers (3rd of 3) The Pūhoi settlement (1st of 3) Combined family wedding, 1901 (2nd of 3) Descendants of Pūhoi settlers at the town’s 50th anniversary, 1913 (3rd of 3) Traditional dancing at Pūhoi celebrations From page 4 – 1870s: recruited settlers A view of Halcombe, Rangitīkei district, about 1878 The Grafton at Jackson Bay, about 1880 From page 5 – Immigration after 1914 Germans on Somes Island Influential immigrants (1st of 4) Helmut Einhorn, architect (2nd of 4) Peter Munz, historian (3rd of 4) Gerda Bell, academic (4th of 4) A road sign for German tourists