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===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'''. | ||
*Following | *Following colonization, immigrants were predominantly from '''Britain, Ireland and Australia''' because of restrictive policies. | ||
*There was also significant '''Dutch, Dalmatian, German, and Italian immigration''', together with '''indirect European immigration through Australia, North America, South America and South Africa'''. | *There was also significant '''Dutch, Dalmatian, German, and Italian immigration''', together with '''indirect European immigration through Australia, North America, South America and South Africa'''. | ||
*Beginning in 1871 the New Zealand Government began to offer assisted passages to selected immigrants and others nominated by relatives. The migration of the 1870s was the most significant in New Zealand history. | |||
*In 1874 thousands of assisted immigrants arrived in New Zealand, forming the greatest level of migration ever. Almost half of the new immigrants came with government assistance. Three-quarters of these sailed directly from the United Kingdom. Because of economic difficulties in the later 19th century, assistance was finally terminated. | |||
*In 1891 New Zealand received the last small group of assisted migrants. However, assisted migration was restored in 1904 when the country's economy returned to prosperity, making it once more an attractive country to new immigrants. During the early 20th century one-third of the immigrants came from Australia and two-thirds from the United Kingdom. | |||
*Net migration increased after the Second World War; in the 1970s and 1980s policies were relaxed, and '''immigration from Asia was promoted'''. | *Net migration increased after the Second World War; in the 1970s and 1980s policies were relaxed, and '''immigration from Asia was promoted'''. | ||
*In 2009–10, an annual target of 45,000–50,000 permanent residence approvals was set by the '''New Zealand Immigration Service'''. | *In 2009–10, an annual target of 45,000–50,000 permanent residence approvals was set by the '''New Zealand Immigration Service'''. | ||