Settlers: New Zealand Immigrants from England, Ireland & Scotland 1800–1945

by Jock Phillips, Terry Hearn

Analyzing everything from shipping records to death registers, this book takes an in-depth look at New Zealand's European ancestors, exploring the origins of the island's national identity. Using individual examples of immigrants and their families, it examines their geographical origins, their occupational and class backgrounds, and their religion and values to get a better understanding of the lives and motivations of New Zealand's first settlers.

Genres: History

180 pages, Paperback

First published January 1, 2008

Reviews

[Amanda · Rating 4 out of 5]

If you want to understand Pākehā New Zealand from an ethnic perspective, this is the book to read.

Think he says something like 'looking to our multicultural past to understand our multicultural future' in the introduction.

Of course, omnicultural is the framework discussions need to be moving towards due to the Internet slowly democratising the world, but that's all in the future...