Chinese in Lower Hutt and Petone 1880s to present day

Will send a picture of Lower Hutt War Memorial Library building

Hear stories about Chinese settlement and influence through business and other community activities in the life of Hutt City.

Hear the stories of Chinese people and settlement in Lower Hutt and Petone from the 1880s to the present day.

Lower Hutt War Memorial Library, Wednesday 22 October from 7pm - 8.15pm.

Please book with David Watt at: dwatt@heritage.org.nz

Health & Safety

Look after all personal items, bags etc. This advice will be given plus an outline of Emergency Management procedures in the event of a fire or an earthquake.

Location

Lower Hutt War Memorial Library, 2 Queens Drive, Hutt Central Lower Hutt

Regions

Lower Hutt

Tags

Talk

Accessible

Event times

7-8:15pm Wed 22 Oct

Booking requiredFree

Please book with David Watt Heritage New Zealand, dwatt@heritage.org.nz

Event hosts

Nigel Murphy

Nigel Murphy has been researching, writing, and lecturing on Chinese New Zealand history for almost 40 years. His interests include the politics of Chinese New Zealanders, their organisations and associations, their social and cultural lives, their home villages, and their transnational connections with other Chinese overseas communities, the lives of Chinese women in New Zealand and at home in China, the history of Chinese people in Wellington, and many other Chinese New Zealand topics.