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| %
responses 2005 (01) |
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y8 |
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| 1.
Why do you think the people in the second picture decided to come and
live in Aotearoa/New Zealand? |
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| 2. Why might they have decided to leave their old land? | |||||||||||||
Mentions: |
away
from crowding to lots of space |
49 (56) | |||||||||||
improved
prospects for ownership of land/better housing |
30 (23) | ||||||||||||
greater
social freedom/flexibility |
18 (10) | ||||||||||||
opportunity
to make a fresh start |
33 (30) | ||||||||||||
adventure
|
26 (24) | ||||||||||||
greater
economic freedom/opportunity |
26 (22) | ||||||||||||
better
employment/learning prospects |
5 (11) | ||||||||||||
climate/environment
|
32 (36) | ||||||||||||
specific
mention of gold rushes |
4 (1) | ||||||||||||
specific
mention of NZ Company/ Edward Wakefield |
1 (0) | ||||||||||||
Overall
quality of ideas/explanation: |
excellent/very
good |
1 (0) | |||||||||||
good
|
16 (13) | ||||||||||||
moderate
|
46 (49) | ||||||||||||
poor
|
37 (38) | ||||||||||||
Total
score: |
6–13
|
13 (10) | |||||||||||
4–5
|
27 (26) | ||||||||||||
3
|
20 (24) | ||||||||||||
2
|
14 (12) | ||||||||||||
1
|
19 (19) | ||||||||||||
0
|
7 (9) | ||||||||||||
| Commentary: Forty percent identified no more than two reasons for European emigration to Aotearoa/New Zealand. There was no meaningful change in performance between 2001 and 2005. |
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