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Encouraging investors

The Immigration Act 1987 emphasised the importance of entrepreneurs and businesspeople settling in New Zealand. In 1988, the Wellington Regional Enterprise Board organised a seminar for businesspeople from Taiwan who were considering emigrating. The participants were given information on investment opportunities, property values, and finance and banking systems. Here, Chang Yieshan and his wife Chang Wu Su-Chin consider the attractions of Wellington.

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Alexander Turnbull Library, Dominion Post Collection (PA-Group-00685)

Reference: EP-Politics-Immigration-01

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Ann Beaglehole, Immigration regulation – 1986–2003: selection on merit, Te Ara – the Encyclopedia of New Zealand, https://teara.govt.nz/en/photograph/1384/encouraging-investors (accessed 11 June 2026).

Story by Ann Beaglehole, published 4 March 2009, updated 1 August 2015.