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===Offices and Archives to Contact=== | ===Offices and Archives to Contact=== | ||
==Finding the Town of Origin in New Zealand== | |||
If you are using emigration/immigration records to find the name of your ancestors' town in New Zealand, see [[New Zealand Finding Town of Origin|'''New Zealand Finding Town of Origin''']] for additional research strategies. | |||
==New Zealand Emigration and Immigration== | |||
<span style="color:DarkViolet">'''"Emigration"''' means moving out of a country. '''"Immigration"''' means moving into a country. </span><br> | |||
Emigration and immigration sources list the names of people leaving (emigrating) or arriving (immigrating) in the country. These sources may be passenger lists, permissions to emigrate, or records of passports issued. The information in these records may include the emigrants’ names, ages, occupations, destinations, and places of origin or birthplaces. Sometimes they also show family groups. | |||
[[Category:Emigration and Immigration Records]] | |||
===Immigration to New Zealand=== | ===Immigration to New Zealand=== | ||
*The '''Māori''' were the first people to reach New Zealand, followed by the early '''European settlers'''. | *The '''Māori''' were the first people to reach New Zealand, followed by the early '''European settlers'''. | ||
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*Over half (52.4%) of New Zealand's overseas-born population lives in the '''Auckland Region'''. | *Over half (52.4%) of New Zealand's overseas-born population lives in the '''Auckland Region'''. | ||
*The '''United Kingdom''' remains the largest source of New Zealand's immigrant population, with around a quarter of all overseas-born New Zealanders born *Other major sources of New Zealand's overseas-born population are '''China, India, Australia, South Africa, Fiji and Samoa'''.<ref>"New Zealanders", in Wikipedia, https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/New_Zealanders, accessed 30 June 2021.</ref> | *The '''United Kingdom''' remains the largest source of New Zealand's immigrant population, with around a quarter of all overseas-born New Zealanders born *Other major sources of New Zealand's overseas-born population are '''China, India, Australia, South Africa, Fiji and Samoa'''.<ref>"New Zealanders", in Wikipedia, https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/New_Zealanders, accessed 30 June 2021.</ref> | ||
===Emigration From New Zealand=== | ===Emigration From New Zealand=== | ||
While most New Zealanders live in New Zealand, there is also a significant diaspora abroad, estimated as of 2001 at over 460,000 or 14 percent of the international total of New Zealand-born. Of these, 360,000, over three-quarters of the New Zealand-born population residing outside of New Zealand, live in '''Australia'''. Other communities of New Zealanders abroad are concentrated in other English-speaking countries, specifically the '''United Kingdom, the United States and Canada''', with smaller numbers located elsewhere.<ref>"Demographics of New Zealand," in Wikipedia, https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Demographics_of_New_Zealand#Migration, accessed 30 June 2021.</ref> | While most New Zealanders live in New Zealand, there is also a significant diaspora abroad, estimated as of 2001 at over 460,000 or 14 percent of the international total of New Zealand-born. Of these, 360,000, over three-quarters of the New Zealand-born population residing outside of New Zealand, live in '''Australia'''. Other communities of New Zealanders abroad are concentrated in other English-speaking countries, specifically the '''United Kingdom, the United States and Canada''', with smaller numbers located elsewhere.<ref>"Demographics of New Zealand," in Wikipedia, https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Demographics_of_New_Zealand#Migration, accessed 30 June 2021.</ref> | ||