New Zealand
has been a popular destination for settlers since the mid-1800s and this has
meant many different cultures have added theirs to the mix of ethnicity’s in
our fair country now. One of these
cultures is Chinese, the following review is about one such family from which
20 young men came then finally settled in New Zealand in the 1930s.
Har Gee
Chans in New Zealand : Har Gee Chan’s Reunion Committee 2014 celebrating the
arrival of the wives and children in New Zealand 75 years ago / Helen Wong, Maggie Chan, Vincent
Chan, Ruth Lam. c2014.
This history
of the Chans of Har Gee village, Guangdong, China tells of their arrival in New
Zealand going to relatives in these towns Dannevirke, Ohakune, Raetihi and
Rotorua. How they travelled back and forth until 1937 when the Japanese invaded
China. After this they decided to move their women and children to resettle in
New Zealand. 