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Kōrero: Scandinavians

Rarangi kaupapa

  1. Story summary

  2. 1642–1870: first arrivals

  3. 1870s: assisted migration

  4. Culture

  5. 20th-century migration

  6. Facts and figures

  7. Hononga, rauemi nō waho

Ngā whakaahua, ngā rauemi katoa

Mai i te whārangi 1 - 1642–1870: first arrivals

Spöring Memorial and Spöring Island, Tolaga Bay

Spöring Memorial and Spöring Island, Tolaga Bay

Bishop Ditlev Gothard Monrad

Bishop Ditlev Gothard Monrad

Mai i te whārangi 2 - 1870s: assisted migration

Immigrant ship the Celaeno

Immigrant ship the Celaeno

The Seventy Mile Bush

The Seventy Mile Bush

Norsewood settlers’ allotments

Norsewood settlers’ allotments

Original settlers, Norsewood Golden Jubilee

Original settlers, Norsewood Golden Jubilee

Charlie Pedersen’s sawmill, Mangawharo

Charlie Pedersen’s sawmill, Mangawharo

Forty Mile Bush in the 1870s

Forty Mile Bush in the 1870s

Mai i te whārangi 3 - Culture

Dannevirke information centre

Dannevirke information centre

Programme for Norsewood Centennial banquet, 1972

Programme for Norsewood Centennial banquet, 1972

St Luke’s Lutheran Church, Norsewood

St Luke’s Lutheran Church, Norsewood

Mai i te whārangi 4 - 20th-century migration

Scandinavian countries of origin

Scandinavian countries of origin

Norwegian whaler, Ross Sea, Antarctica

Norwegian whaler, Ross Sea, Antarctica

Scandinavian-born population in New Zealand, by country of origin, 1881–2013

Scandinavian-born population in New Zealand, by country of origin, 1881–2013

Celebrating in national costume

Celebrating in national costume

Backyard sauna, Auckland

Backyard sauna, Auckland

Scandinavian parade, Wellington, 2003

Scandinavian parade, Wellington, 2003

Finnish national costume

Finnish national costume

Me pēnei te tohu i te whārangi:

Carl Walrond, 'Ngā whakaahua, ngā rauemi katoa', Te Ara - the Encyclopedia of New Zealand, http://www.TeAra.govt.nz/mi/scandinavians/media (accessed 19 May 2022)

He kōrero nā Carl Walrond, i tāngia i te 8 Feb 2005, updated 1 Mar 2015

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