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<mainpage-leftcolumn-start />The New Zealand Chinese community has a long history in [[:Category:Wellington|Wellington]], New Zealand, with the earliest Chinese settling in [[:Category:Wellington|Wellington]] around the 1860s<ref name=":0">Timespanner. (2018, December 11). Timespanner: Early Chinese in Wellington. Retrieved 10 December 2018, from https://timespanner.blogspot.com/2018/12/early-chinese-in-wellington.html</ref> when [[:category: John Ah Tong|John Ah Tong]] set up a carpentry business in [[:category: Willis Street|Willis Street]]<ref name=":0" />. Chinese didn't arrive in significant numbers until the 1880s<ref>Wellington City Council. (2013). Thematic Heritage Study of Wellington. Retrieved 8 November 2017, from https://wellington.govt.nz/~/media/services/community-and-culture/heritage/files/thematic-heritage-study.pdf?la=en</ref>, some 30 years after Wong Ah Poo Hoc Ting (aka Appo Hocton) jumped ship in [[:Category:Nelson|Nelson]] to become the first Chinese migrant to New Zealand<ref>The Prow, & Stade, K. (2008). Appo Hocton – Jumped ship to become first Chinese Immigrant to New Zealand. Retrieved August 31, 2017, from http://www.theprow.org.nz/people/appo-hocton/#.Waht38ig-Uk</ref><ref>HO, D. K. T. (2016). Appo HOCTON. Retrieved November 29, 2017, from https://www.objectaffection.com/appohocton/ </ref><ref>Appo Hocton panel unveiling. (2020, August 19). Our Nelson. https://our.nelson.govt.nz/stories/appo-hocton-panel-unveiling/</ref>, and only a few years after the [[:category: Dunedin|Dunedin]] Chamber of Commerce invited Chinese miners to Otago<ref>New Zealand Ministry for Culture and Heritage Te Manatu Taonga, & Spoonley, P. (2017, August 1). Welcoming Chinese miners, 1865 [Web page]. Retrieved 25 September 2017, from https://teara.govt.nz/en/cartoon/28172/welcoming-chinese-miners-1865</ref>
  
   
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[[File:Iw-1872017131843639.jpg|thumb|Joe Kum Yung memorial, Haining Street.]]
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Early Chinese activity in [[:Category:Wellington|Wellington]] historically centred around [[:category: Haining Street|Haining Street]] and [[:category: Frederick Street|Frederick Street]], which was unofficially known as [[:Category:Wellington|Wellington]]'s [[:category:Chinatown|Chinatown]], or 'Tong Yan Gaai' (Chinese People's Street).
  
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New Zealand Chinese communities have a long history in [[:Category:Wellington|Wellington]], New Zealand, with the earliest Chinese settling in [[:Category:Wellington|Wellington]] around the 1860s<ref name=":0">Timespanner. (2018, December 11). Timespanner: Early Chinese in Wellington. Retrieved 10 December 2018, from https://timespanner.blogspot.com/2018/12/early-chinese-in-wellington.html</ref> when [[:category: John Ah Tong|John Ah Tong]] set up a carpentry business in [[:category: Willis Street|Willis Street]]<ref name=":0" /><ref>Early Chinese Settlers in New Zealand. (2020, January 31). BEACON. http://www.bhb.nz/63/post/2020/01/early-chinese-settlers-in-new-zealand.html</ref>. Chinese didn't arrive in significant numbers until the 1880s<ref>Wellington City Council. (2013). Thematic Heritage Study of Wellington. Retrieved 8 November 2017, from https://wellington.govt.nz/~/media/services/community-and-culture/heritage/files/thematic-heritage-study.pdf?la=en</ref>, some 30 years after Wong Ah Poo Hoc Ting (aka Appo Hocton) jumped ship in [[:Category:Nelson|Nelson]] to become the first Chinese migrant to New Zealand<ref>The Prow, & Stade, K. (2008). Appo Hocton – Jumped ship to become first Chinese Immigrant to New Zealand. Retrieved August 31, 2017, from http://www.theprow.org.nz/people/appo-hocton/#.Waht38ig-Uk</ref><ref>HO, D. K. T. (2016). Appo HOCTON. Retrieved November 29, 2017, from https://www.objectaffection.com/appohocton/ </ref><ref>Appo Hocton panel unveiling. (2020, August 19). Our Nelson. https://our.nelson.govt.nz/stories/appo-hocton-panel-unveiling/</ref>, and only a few years after the [[:category: Dunedin|Dunedin]] Chamber of Commerce invited Chinese miners to Otago<ref>New Zealand Ministry for Culture and Heritage Te Manatu Taonga, & Spoonley, P. (2017, August 1). Welcoming Chinese miners, 1865 [Web page]. Retrieved 25 September 2017, from https://teara.govt.nz/en/cartoon/28172/welcoming-chinese-miners-1865</ref>
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Early Chinese activity in [[:Category:Wellington|Wellington]] historically centred around [[:category: Haining Street|Haining Street]] and [[:category: Frederick Street|Frederick Street]], and [[:Category:Sage's Lane|Sage's Lane]], which was unofficially known as [[:Category:Wellington|Wellington]]'s [[:category:Chinatown|Chinatown]], or 'Tong Yan Gaai' (Chinese People's Street).
   
 
This wiki maps [[:Category:Location|locations]] of significance to this community, and some of the [[:category: news|history]], [[:Category:Organisation|organisations]], [[:Category:Business|businesses]] and [[:Category:People|people]] associated with them.
  
This wiki maps [[:Category:Location|locations]] of significance to this community, and some of the [[:category: news|history]], [[:Category:Organisation|organisations]], [[:Category:Business|businesses]] and [[:Category:People|people]] associated with them.
   
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Although this wiki focuses on the greater [[:Category:Wellington|Wellington]] area, there will be some content from further afield, which has a connection with the history of Chinese in [[:Category:Wellington|Wellington]].
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Although this wiki focuses on the greater [[:Category:Wellington|Wellington]] area, there will be some content from further afield, which has a connection with the history of Chinese in [[:Category:Wellington|Wellington,]] or may just be snippets of information that are of interest.
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Joe Kum Yung memorial, Haining Street.

New Zealand Chinese communities have a long history in Wellington, New Zealand, with the earliest Chinese settling in Wellington around the 1860s[1] when John Ah Tong set up a carpentry business in Willis Street[1][2]. Chinese didn't arrive in significant numbers until the 1880s[3], some 30 years after Wong Ah Poo Hoc Ting (aka Appo Hocton) jumped ship in Nelson to become the first Chinese migrant to New Zealand[4][5][6], and only a few years after the Dunedin Chamber of Commerce invited Chinese miners to Otago[7]

Early Chinese activity in Wellington historically centred around Haining Street and Frederick Street, and Sage's Lane, which was unofficially known as Wellington's Chinatown, or 'Tong Yan Gaai' (Chinese People's Street).

This wiki maps locations of significance to this community, and some of the history, organisations, businesses and people associated with them.

Although this wiki focuses on the greater Wellington area, there will be some content from further afield, which has a connection with the history of Chinese in Wellington, or may just be snippets of information that are of interest.

Help support the Wellington Chinese History project:
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  1. ↑ 1.0 1.1 Timespanner. (2018, December 11). Timespanner: Early Chinese in Wellington. Retrieved 10 December 2018, from https://timespanner.blogspot.com/2018/12/early-chinese-in-wellington.html
  2. ↑ Early Chinese Settlers in New Zealand. (2020, January 31). BEACON. http://www.bhb.nz/63/post/2020/01/early-chinese-settlers-in-new-zealand.html
  3. ↑ Wellington City Council. (2013). Thematic Heritage Study of Wellington. Retrieved 8 November 2017, from https://wellington.govt.nz/~/media/services/community-and-culture/heritage/files/thematic-heritage-study.pdf?la=en
  4. ↑ The Prow, & Stade, K. (2008). Appo Hocton – Jumped ship to become first Chinese Immigrant to New Zealand. Retrieved August 31, 2017, from http://www.theprow.org.nz/people/appo-hocton/#.Waht38ig-Uk
  5. ↑ HO, D. K. T. (2016). Appo HOCTON. Retrieved November 29, 2017, from https://www.objectaffection.com/appohocton/
  6. ↑ Appo Hocton panel unveiling. (2020, August 19). Our Nelson. https://our.nelson.govt.nz/stories/appo-hocton-panel-unveiling/
  7. ↑ New Zealand Ministry for Culture and Heritage Te Manatu Taonga, & Spoonley, P. (2017, August 1). Welcoming Chinese miners, 1865 [Web page]. Retrieved 25 September 2017, from https://teara.govt.nz/en/cartoon/28172/welcoming-chinese-miners-1865

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