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The first German migrants to arrive to New Zealand took place circa 1842. [2] Between 1843 and 1914 around 10,000 arrived, mainly from northern Germany. [1] During World War I, New Zealand declared war on Germany in August 1914 following Great Britains declaration of war. [3]
German New Zealanders (German: Deutsch-Neuseeländer Māori: Tāngata Aremania o Aotearoa) [a] are New Zealand residents of ethnic German ancestry.They comprise a very large amount of New Zealanders in terms of heritage, with some 200,000 people from the country having at least partial German ancestry (approximately 5% of the population from an estimate in the 2000s). [2]
Due to New Zealand's geographic isolation, several centuries passed before the next phase of settlement, that of Europeans. Only then did the original inhabitants need to distinguish themselves from the new arrivals, using the adjective "māori" which means "ordinary" or "indigenous" which later became a noun although the term New Zealand native was common until about 1890.
The number of Germans who fear their government could be overburdened by dealing with immigration has grown sharply this year, though concerns about taxes and living costs still dominate, a long ...
New Zealanders of German descent include the late former Prime Minister David Lange. The vast majority of Germans in New Zealand settled in the North Island, with a couple settling in the Christchurch area. Cities such as Tauranga, Nelson and, to a lesser extent, Auckland have been somewhat influenced by German culture and values.
New Zealand's government attracted 173,000 non-citizen migrants in 2023, more than double what officials forecast in May 2023. ... Migration to New Zealand surged after the country lowered COVID ...
New Zealand said on Wednesday it would free up its annual intake of highly skilled migrants and chart a faster route to giving them permanent residency, as rich nations compete to lure the best ...
The New Zealand Company had purchased large amounts of land from local Māori, which they were willing to sell to settlers at a low price as a way of attracting them to New Zealand. The scheme worked, thousands of people who would have had no hope of owning land in the United Kingdom were given the opportunity to do so in New Zealand.