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Job opportunities for Irish-born New Zealanders were limited as a result of anti-Irish bias. [citation needed] In the 1930s 40% of the New Zealand Police Force were of Irish ancestry. [citation needed] One of the main reasons the Irish immigrated to New Zealand was because of the Great Famine and fear of yet another famine. [citation needed]
[4] Over the years, however, several waves of Irish people would migrate to New Zealand and as a result, approximately 18% of the population of New Zealand today can claim Irish descent. [ 1 ] Both Irish and New Zealand soldiers fought side by side for the British Empire during the Second Boer War from 1899 to 1902 and World War I from 1914 to ...
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The Gone is a joint New Zealand-Irish crime drama television series. The first season of six episodes was broadcast from 7 May 2023 on New Zealand's TVNZ.It was directed by Peter Burger and Hannah Quinn, with scripts written by Anna McPartlin and Michael Bennet.
Life returned to normal for New Zealanders on Tuesday (June 9) after it became one of the first countries in the world to lift social distancing limits. In a cafe in Wellington, cafe-goers ...
New Zealand passports described nationals as "British Subject and New Zealand Citizen" until 1974, when this was changed to "New Zealand Citizen". [ 42 ] While a broader "European" ethnic grouping predominates political discourse in New Zealand today, the vast majority of European New Zealanders are of full or partial British ancestry, and some ...
New Zealand portal; Ireland portal; Irish-New Zealanders includes New Zealand people of Irish birth or ancestry. (In accordance with Wikipedia:Categories, the applicability of the category should be based on a consensus that the connection to Ireland is important enough to include in the article text before this category can properly be considered.)
New Zealanders on Monday started voting for a new government as advance in-person balloting opened ahead of the Oct. 14 general election. Chief Electoral Officer Karl Le Quesne said in a statement ...