Post by NZBC on Dec 12, 2007 18:04:56 GMT 12
Civil war and the establishment of a Communist government in China created large waves of Chinese refugees from the 1940s. New Zealand¡¯s response was slow, probably due to a reluctance to resettle refugees who were not white.
Eventually, small numbers were accepted. In 1962, 50 Chinese orphans from Hong Kong were admitted for adoption by New Zealand families. For a few years in the late 1960s there was a quota of six families a year. Twelve Chinese families from Indonesia were admitted in 1967.