Why did migrants come to New Zealand during the Gold Rush?

Question

Was it to make money? Better lives? or just for the gold?

Who was mostly affected by this migration?

*This is for an assignment :-/ a board game as well so anything that could help out* maybe even some questions for the game like "Entering unseen terrain, you find <something> move ahead 5 spaces...."

thankyou :)!

Answer 1

communication played a major role in people&#039;s decision to move to New Zealand during the gold rush. When one of the migrants would send a letter home - the family would share the letter with all their friends and sometimes the newspapers would even publish the letters. This influenced a lot of people to also migrate to New Zealand.

I even read a story about a Scottish migrant who sent a letter home to Inverness that resulted in 120 people leaving for Victoria within a week

hope that helps!