New Zealand Bbc clip 4360 New Zealand Tom Devine said Emigration was transformed by a transport revolution Far away places were no longer places of exile but new opportunities to be explored ID: 208652
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Emigration to New Zealand
Bbc
clip 4360Slide2
New ZealandTom Devine said,
“Emigration was transformed by a transport revolution. Far away places were no longer places of exile but new opportunities to be explored.”
Slide3
New ZealandVery similar reasons to Canada and Australia.
Occasionally some that could not make a life in Australia, tried to make one in NZ.Slide4
NZLike the others, agents pulled people to NZ.
Agents willing to sign people up for discounted fares.Slide5
Religion
One of the biggest reasons for moving to NZ.
Dundin
(The Gaelic for Edinburgh) was established in 1848.
BBC Clip 4360Slide6
NZScots persuaded because of the promise of society like Scotland’s.
Peter N. Williams,
Ph.D
says:
“Scots made up a quarter of NZ’s population…”Slide7
Impact of Scots in New Zealand
Economically Scots were involved in creation of the country’s banking system, land ownership, religion of the colony and education too.
Scots created areas like
Otago
.
Some Scots put off the land the Maori people had lived in.
Occasional direct conflict between the Maris and the
Pakeha
(Europeans.)Slide8
Treaty of Waitangi
To help solve the conflict between
Pakeha
and the Maoris on Feb 6
th
1840.
Taranaki
Wars in 1860-1880 proved that it didn’t. (Wars over land.)Slide9
Politics
Scots more important in the development of NZ.
PMs like Sir Robert Stout. (page 42)
John
MacKenzie
, minister of land. (Someone Read)Slide10
Other
Many Doctors travelled from Scotland, and gained free passage on the ships if they agreed to be the ships doctor.
BBC 4371
How far question..