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Wellington Chinese History Wiki
New Zealand Chinese communities have a long history in Wellington, New Zealand, with the earliest Chinese settling in Wellington around the 1860s when John Ah Tong set up a carpentry business in Willis Street. Chinese -
New Zealand Seyip Association
The New Zealand Seyip Association was founded in 1949 by the Chinese who immigrated to New Zealand from villages in the Guangdong province in Southern China Before the recent mass influx of new immigrants, the -
Joe Kum Yung
68 year old Joe Kum Yung (aka Joe Kum Young) was murdered on Haining Street by Lionel Terry (aka Edward Lionel Terry) on 24 September 1905, in a hate crime. Born in Poonyu County, Canton -
“Practical Sympathy,” New Zealand Times, November 6, 1908, Page 3
At the last meeting of the Wellington Hospital Trustees it was announced that Chinese residents in Wellington had contributed £111 8s to the funds of the hospital. Wong She and Yee Chong Wing each gave -
Ng Kew
Ng Kew (born in 1905 ) arrived in New Zealand in 1920, and with his wife Ng Moy She owned and operated Chan Foon and Co at 5 Majoribanks Street, Mount Victoria. Ng Kew was known -
THE YELLOW PERIL, Wairarapa Age, 22 April 1920
(To the Editor.) Sir,— It is to be hoped the women of Masterton will take note of your comment on the above question before it is too late. In this day's paper I -
Joe Kwong On and Co
Joe Kwong On and Co (On J Kwong and Co), located on the corner of Jellicoe and Venice Streets, Martinborough, from 1909, was listed on page 1247 of the 1913 International Chinese business directory of -
Ying King Chinese Takeaways
Chinese takeaway, located at 143 Karori Road, Karori, Wellington in the late 1970s. Scroll and zoom on the map to explore locations in Wellington of significance to the Wellington Chinese community. -
General News, Waikato Times, 9 January 1926, Page 3
That the vogue for Chinese characters as ornaments of dress among the fair sex has possibilities little dreamed of by many of those who embroider these fascinating symbols on their garments has been realised by -
A Saving Chinaman, Waipawa Mail, 19 February 1879
A Chinese market-gardener named Wong Kin, who has been carrying on business for about five years in Wellington (says a local paper), has announced to his customers that he is about to visit China -
Marlborough Express, Town Edition, 10 January 1914, The Stabbing Sensation
Town Edition. THE STABBING SENSATION -
Kim Lock
Kim Lock was a silk merchant, who enrolled in the Wellington Salvation Army Corps in June 1925. Kim would be seen in the open air'witnessing' to groups of Chinese in Cantonese in the Chinese -
Ng Bickleen Fong
Ng Bickleen Fong (aka Bickleen Wang, Bickleen Ng) was the first Chinese woman to get a post-graduate degree in New Zealand, obtaining an MA in Education for her 1955 study of the assimilation of -
Kim Lee
b unknown (China) d 14 March 1904 (Mokopuna/ Leper Island, Wellington) Kim Lee arrived in New Zealand in approximately 1893, and worked as a market gardener in the Hutt Valley and ran a fruit shop -
Wong Hee
Wong Hee was a fruiterer and greengrocer in Pahiatua in the 1920s. His store was on Main Street. On the afternoon of 9 July 1922, his store was broken into, and a sum of between -
George Gee
George Gee/Luey was born in Palmerston North on 11th November 1921, the son of Louis Choi Gee, a Bark Shek man who was born in 1881 and had emigrated to New Zealand in 1906 -
WELLINGTON CHINESE SPLIT INTO TWO CAMPS
WELLINGTON, Oct. 11. The customary harmony of the local Chinese sports on the national holiday (October 10) was destroyed this year by the desire of a section of the Chinese to fly the revolutionary flag -
Te Aro Seed Company
Previously known as Yee Chong Wing& Co, Te Aro Seed Company was located on the Corner of Manners and Herbert (now Victoria) Streets until 1910. From 1910 to 1913, Yee Chong Wing& Co was located -
Chong Lee
Chong Lee, also known as Low Pin Shek (Born, Guangzhou, China ((DATE)), died, Wellington, 22 October 1928 ) operated Chong Lee and Co, a fruit and vegetable shop on Market Street (initially south Market Street then -
Lai Chee Low
Also known as Li Chee Chong Lee, Lai Chee Low was married to Chong Lee, owners of Chong Lee and Co, in Blenheim. The couple had eight children, including Nettie Low, Molly Ting (nee Low -
Wong Kwok-min
Born in Gwa Leng village in 1874 and arrived in New Zealand in 1892, initially settling in Greymouth, where he opened a general store. He was naturalised in 1894. In 1910 he moved to Wanganui -
Louis Tung Kitt
Born in Bark Shek in 1869. Louis Tung Kitt (also known as Louis Ting Kitt or Lu Ting Git), came to New Zealand in 1887 and moved to Wellington where he opened a fruitshop and -
Jim Lee
Laundry, listed on page 1249 of the International Chinese business directory of the world (1913) as being located at "169 Tinakori Street" most likely 169 Tinakori Road, Te Aro, Wellington and 151 Willis Street, Te -
Tung Jung Association
The Tung Jung Association was founded in 1926 by the Chinese who immigrated to New Zealand from the Tung Gwoon (Donguan) and Jungsen (Zengcheng) (hence "Tung Jung") districts in the Guangdong province in Southern China -
Hop Tai & Co
Fruit store, located at 58 Lambton Quay, Wellington. Listed on page 1249 of the International Chinese business directory of the world (1913). The same publication also listed another Fruit and grocery shop, J Wong Wah
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