Early European immigration
A DigitalNZ Story by Rose Nisbet
Immigration promotion: Auckland, 1850s
Manatū Taonga, the Ministry for Culture and Heritage
Scandinavian settlers at Kopuaranga
Wairarapa Archive
Trunk
Museum of New Zealand Te Papa Tongarewa
![Image: [Star Lithographic Works] :Dinner on board the first emigrant ship for New Zealand [Auckland, Star Lithographic Works, 1890]](https://images.digitalnz.org/PQztVutRBywm-MgQ0PbrX836WIA=/368x0/https%3A%2F%2Fndhadeliver.natlib.govt.nz%2FNLNZStreamGate%2Fget%3Fdps_pid%3DIE113123 "[Star Lithographic Works] :Dinner on board the first emigrant ship for New Zealand [Auckland, Star Lithographic Works, 1890]")
‘New Zealand wants domestic servants’
Manatū Taonga, the Ministry for Culture and Heritage
Punch :Here and there; or, emigration a remedy. London, 8 July 1848.
Alexander Turnbull Library
![Image: Blomfield, John Collis, 1873-1942: Still they come. [Wellington, New Zealand Free Lance, 7 January 1905]](https://images.digitalnz.org/0uz5R8qSNFpSh9gIC_qDJvrOnRg=/368x0/https%3A%2F%2Fndhadeliver.natlib.govt.nz%2FNLNZStreamGate%2Fget%3Fdps_pid%3DIE247556 "Blomfield, John Collis, 1873-1942: Still they come. [Wellington, New Zealand Free Lance, 7 January 1905]")
Blomfield, John Collis, 1873-1942: Still they come. [Wellington, New Zealand Free Lance, 7 January 1905]
Alexander Turnbull Library
The emigrants
Museum of New Zealand Te Papa Tongarewa
New Year’s Eve on the Royal Dane
Manatū Taonga, the Ministry for Culture and Heritage
![Image: Munro, John Alexander 1872-1947 :Barque "Ellen Lewis", sailed from St Anne, C.B. Dec 24 1859, arrived in Auckland May 18th, 1860 (336 tons). The last vessel to bring Waipu settlers. [n.d.]](https://images.digitalnz.org/Cnk-ScdCDao85GdDXFKscOJpJYQ=/368x0/https%3A%2F%2Fndhadeliver.natlib.govt.nz%2FNLNZStreamGate%2Fget%3Fdps_pid%3DIE198617 "Munro, John Alexander 1872-1947 :Barque \"Ellen Lewis\", sailed from St Anne, C.B. Dec 24 1859, arrived in Auckland May 18th, 1860 (336 tons). The last vessel to bring Waipu settlers. [n.d.]")
![Image: Sturtevant, George Neville, 1858-1937 :[Testimonial presented to] Stephenson Percy Smith. [Detail] The true pioneer, The first attack, Victory! [1901].](https://images.digitalnz.org/kmqFZw3BIZjxEzyhYQ0K5o_Krvc=/368x0/https%3A%2F%2Fndhadeliver.natlib.govt.nz%2FNLNZStreamGate%2Fget%3Fdps_pid%3DIE341083 "Sturtevant, George Neville, 1858-1937 :[Testimonial presented to] Stephenson Percy Smith. [Detail] The true pioneer, The first attack, Victory! [1901].")
Lyttelton, N.Z. Immigration barracks etc.
University of Otago
Emigration Register
Archives New Zealand Te Rua Mahara o te Kāwanatanga
Emigration Free Passage Notice
Kete Horowhenua
Immigration barracks: New Plymouth
Manatū Taonga, the Ministry for Culture and Heritage
Cole, W H fl 1800s :Portrait of two unidentified children
Alexander Turnbull Library
Flying fish
Manatū Taonga, the Ministry for Culture and Heritage