The composition of the inflow from Britain and Ireland was quite different from the composition of the United Kingdom as a whole. By comparison with the distribution of population in the homelands, there were generally fewer English than might be expected and considerably more from Ireland and especially Scotland. Read more here.
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How to cite this page: 'Country of origin of immigrants (graph)', URL: http://www.nzhistory.net.nz/media/photo/where-did-they-come-from-graph, (Ministry for Culture and Heritage), updated 22-Sep-2008
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