Chinese were the only ethnic group to have to pay a poll tax to be allowed into New Zealand, and up until after World War Ⅱthey had no rights of citizenship, and therefore could not vote or receive welfare benefits.
在紐西蘭，華人是唯一必須付人頭稅才能進入的種族。一直到二次大戰，華人都沒有公民權，沒有投票權、不能領社會福利。