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NEW ZEALAND SIKH & PUNJABI HISTORY

PROFESSOR HEW MCLEOD
The New Zealand Punjabi community is indebted to Professor Hew McLeod for his research and works concerning the early Punjabi history in New Zealand. The community takes this opportunity to thank him for preserving Punjabi history and the following pages would not have been possible without his work.

Complete 1890-1939 Immigration List (UNDER CONSTRUCTION)

'Punjabis in New Zealand' by W.H. McLeod

• Credits

• Professor J.S. Grewal

Origins and Destination

• The homeland

• The origins of Doabi emigration

• The Pacific phase of Punjabi migration

• The New Zealand situation

Punjabi Migration to New Zealand

• Phases of Punjabi immigration and employment

• The early phase (c. 1890-1912)

• The second phase: rural labour

• Immigration after the 1920 Act (1922-39)

• Employment during the period 1912-45

• The movement of Punjabis within New Zealand

• The early dairy farmers

The Punjabi Way of Life in New Zealand

• Social relationships

• Within the Punjabi community

• Relationships with Europeans and Maoris

• Relationships between Punjabis and Gujaratis

The Post-War Punjabi Community in New Zealand

• Developments since 1940

• Being a Sikh in New Zealand

Appendices (UNDER CONSTRUCTION)

Villages and towns

Four Biographies

• Phuman Singh Gill

• Ganda Singh

• Suliman Hakim (Mohammed Salaman)

• Dr Baldev Singh Share

Select Bibliography

Index

Maps (UNDER CONSTRUCTION)

• Central Punjab: Distinct boundaries
• Central Punjab: District and tahsil boundaries
• Central Punjab showing villages from which migrants went to New Zealand
• The North Island of New Zealand