Te Hekenga Taikoa 紐華源流, brought to you by the New Zealand Chinese Association. Giving voice to our past for future generations.
For early Chinese in Aotearoa, community building was an important part of settlement and survival. It was also a natural extension of the rural village culture many brought with them from China.
Chee Kung Tong Orchestra, Wellington ca 1925; Hardie Shaw Studios Ref: 1/2-169302-F. Alexander Turnbull Library, Wellington, New Zealand. /records/22336019
This page will eventually contain an essay reviewing the different ways that Chinese have fostered community over the course of time. It also brings together the specific essays on community building. You can see the essays relating to pre-1881 history attached below.
Author: Kirsten Wong
Thumbnail: Ly Chong's Hotel, 1880s, Canton, Village of. Hocken Digital Collections, accessed 16/09/2024, https://hocken.recollect.co.nz/nodes/view/28696