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Frankfurt/M., Berlin, Bern, Bruxelles, New York, Oxford, Wien. Over
the past decade more than 200 Swiss have settled in New Zealand
each year, with the number of registered Swiss New Zealanders now
totalling some 6000. Yet, to date, very little research has been
done on Swiss migration to New Zealand. One-Way Ticket to New
Zealand presents the available material on early contacts between
Switzerland and New Zealand. These include John Webber, Captain
Cook's artist, who was almost certainly the first Swiss to set foot
in New Zealand, in the year 1777, as well as early settlers like
Felix Hunger, who established himself as a blacksmith in Taranaki
and then returned to the Swiss canton of Graubunden to fetch
further settlers. The study focuses particularly on immigration
after the Second World War, and tells the stories of individual
Swiss who have settled in New Zealand during this period. They
include a deer farmer, a successful novelist, a travel agent, a
restaurant owner, a homesick Ticinese and a professional drummer.
Based on detailed interviews with Swiss living in New Zealand, it
examines their reasons for leaving Switzerland and for choosing New
Zealand, and explores the extent to which they have integrated into
New Zealand society. It also presents and analyses data on
immigration after the Second World War, taken from both census and
Swiss Embassy sources. Contents: Migration - Swiss migration -
Switzerland - New Zealand.
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