Otago celebrates the arrival of the immigrant ship John Wickliffe as the founding day of the province.
Settlers
Events In History
1 February 1842
The Fifeshire arrived in Nelson with immigrants for the New Zealand Company's first settlement in the South Island.
22 January 1840
The New Zealand Company's first settler ship, the Aurora, arrived at Petone to found the settlement that would become Wellington.
Articles
Assisted immigration, 1947-75
New Zealand is a country of immigrants. Wave after wave of peoples have settled here: Polynesian, British, European, Asian. Read the full article
Page 5 - Life in New Zealand
After they arrived, each assisted immigrant was given a letter of welcome from Bert Bockett, the Secretary for Labour, which outlined the assistance which the Department would
Biographies
Colonel William Wakefield was one of the earliest European settlers at Port Nicholson (Wellington), where he served as the New Zealand Company’s Principal Agent between 1840 and 1848.