People
Chan Yin/Chan Check Yin
Chan Yin was born in Ha Gee village in 1870, arrived in Wellington in 1896, and was naturalised in 1905.
Read MoreBickleen Wang
Bickleen Ng was the first Chinese woman to get a post-graduate degree in New Zealand, obtaining an MA in Education for her 1955 study of the assimilation of Chinese in New Zealand.
Read MoreChan Hock-joe/Joe Ah Chan and Yip Kue-sum
Chan Hock-joe (known in New Zealand as Joe Ah Chan) was born in Ha Gee village in 1882 and arrived in New Zealand around 1905.
Read MoreWilliam 'Bill' Wong
Bill Wong's father Wong Cho Ling was born in Sha Tau village in 1871 and came to New Zealand in 1894.
Read MoreGeorge Gee/Luey
George Gee was born in Palmerston North in 1921, the son of Louis Choi Gee, a Bark Shek man who was born in 1881 and had emigrated to New Zealand in 1906, and Wong Wing-ling.
Read MoreChun Dun/Chan Tsaan Tang
Chan Dun was born in 1860 in Sha Chuen village and arrived in Otago in 1872.
Read MoreWilliam Wong Tong/Wong Tong Fat
Born in Gwa Leng village in 1865, Wong Tong Fat arrived in Wellington in 1893 and opened a fruitshop in Cuba Street.
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