1. Chinese immigration to New Zealand

2. The Immigrantsandtheir reasons

The Gold Miners (1800's)

3. They came to help their familes from poverty 4. Or get try to get rich 5. Many were treated unkindly

The Present Immigrants(late 1990's now)

6. They came for a more leisurely lifestyle 7. They are often subject to racism 8. But are now commonly excepted in New Zealand 9. Statistics

Here are thePopulation statistics for chinese immigrants in New Zealand .

1867:1219

10. 1901:2902 11. 1951:3264 12. 1976:4372 13. 2001:38949 14. 2006:78117 15. How They Get/ Got here

The gold miners came here onships . It took 4 months .

16. Some people died of sea sickness or diseases 17. Fortunately for everyone they can use planes to immigrate now cause their isn't really any other way to get here 18. The Problems They Faced

At first the chinese gold miners with indifference but that apathy didn't last long soon enough they had to suffer being bullied by both the european settlers and the government because they were blamed for job loss .Which paved the way for several anti-chinese laws like

Not being able to get pension

19. They had to sit english tests when they arrived 20. but that changed about 50 years later . 21. When the newer generation of chinese immigrants came here in the late 1900's people were quite uncomfortable they weren't used to such a number ofchinese immigrants which obviously led to racism 22. How Has Their Immigration Impacted On Us

Chinese immigration has impacted on us a lot

23. There are numerous Chinese restaurants in New Zealand 24. In New Zealand Chinese immigrants like to celebrate things like Chinese New Years or The Lantern Festival 25. Things Like Tai Chi and martial arts are popular in New Zealand also 26. Bibliography

nzherald.co.nzLincoln Tan stevenyoung.co.nzSteven Young teara.govt.nzVarious wikipedia.com Various

27. Thank youNo seriously By Rafi