How a young family fled famine for New Zealand

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As poor economic conditions and unemployment stalked the land following years of war and poor harvests, a young couple in their early thirties took ship in November 1841 to seek a better life in New Zealand.

UNZT volunteer, Ashley Eves, recounts the journey of the Eves family to his fellow-volunteer, Rodney Magowan.


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