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Gaming Act outlawed puckapoo and fan-tan two Chinese games of chance
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The Poll Tax was increased to a hundred pounds
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The Old Age Pensions Act excluded naturalised Chinese.
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English Reading tests for 'Aliens' which included Chinese.
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Chinese prevented from being naturalised citizens
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Immigration Restriction Act which required all aliens to apply for a permit to come and only the Minister of Customs could decide who was allowed to come as permanent residents
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War refugees, including Chinese, allowed to come on a temporary basis. Tax on Chinese abolished.
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Immigration review permitted Chinese with professional qualifications to come to New Zealand