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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]
The first major contact between both nations was during first wave of Irish immigration to New Zealand. Because the Irish were considered to be "British", it is unknown who the first Irish were to reach New Zealand, however, the first Irish migrants to reach New Zealand would have occurred around 1840 when the New Zealand Company first began ...
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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 ...
WELLINGTON (Reuters) -Thousands of protesters gathered in New Zealand's city squares, motorway over-bridges and in front of the country's parliament on Tuesday to protest the new government's ...
In late 2024, tens of thousands of New Zealanders took part in a nine-day march against the Treaty Principles Bill. The bill, which looks unlikely to secure enough support to become law, seeks to ...
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.)
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 ...