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This graph charts the immigrants from all countries who came to New Zealand from 1840 to 1914. This includes those who migrated from places such as Germany, Italy, Scandinavia, and most significantly Australia.

The composition of the inflow from Britain and Ireland was quite different from the composition of the United Kingdom as a whole.

Graph of figures taken from the death certificates of British and Irish immigrants to New Zealand (which include information on the father's occupation).

These statistics suggest some larger conclusions about the character and values of New Zealand's founding Pakeha population

Caledonian Society of Wellington: fourth annual concert. Opera House, Friday evening 12 July 1889. The front cover includes a drawing of a bagpiper, the back has the words for 'Auld Lang Syne' and a picture of another man in 'traditional' Scottish attire.

A Scottish woman describes visiting a milkbar with a 'chap from the factory' who thinks she's 'nae bad'.