chinese migrants

  • gaming act outlawed puckpoo nd fan-tan two chiinese games of chance

  • the poll taxt was increaased to one hunded pounds

  • immigration restrictions act which along with excluding chrimals, the insane and people with infectious diseases also excluded Chinese

  • chinses prevented from becoming natraised citizens

  • amendment to the shops and offices act stated that all people work in fruit shops apart from the owner and his/her spouse had to be paid the basic wage.this stopped chinese fruiterers from using their childer as unpaid workers

  • immigrantion review permitted chinese with the professional qualifcations to come to new zealnd