Heritage Talk: Chinese Settlement & Business in Lower Hutt and Petone - 1880s to present day
Wednesday 4 November 2026 at 7:00 PM
War Memorial Library
Event Description
Come and hear historian Nigel Murphy talk about Chinese settlement and influence through business and other community activities in the life of Hutt City.
Nigel has dedicated over four decades to researching Chinese New Zealander’s social, cultural and political lives including their historical struggles with government policies. He is a foremost expert on the history of the Chinese Poll tax in New Zealand and his research papers were foundational to the official government apology in 2002. Nigel spoke in the Hutt during last year’s Wellington Heritage Festival on Chinese settlement and business in the Hutt and such was the interest in his address at that time, the Festival organisers are pleased to have Nigel back for the 2026 Festival.
Please contact [email protected] or 0272466339 to book.
When
7:00 PM - 8:15 PM
Wednesday 4 November 2026
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War Memorial Library
2 Queens Drive
Hutt Central Lower Hutt 5010
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