New Zealand never had convicts sent to it. (General)

by ritpetite , New Zealand, Friday, August 27, 2010, 22:15 (5207 days ago) @ Roger Griffiths

Maybe not but we had our fair share of baddies who were probably worse than the convicts who were convicted for stealing etc in an effort to feed their families.

CONVICTS TO NEW ZEALAND
by Anthony G. Flude ©2003
Despite assurances from the British Government that NO convicts were ever to be sent to the new fledgeling Colony of New Zealand, the unexpected arrival of two ships carrying young convict boys as immigrants from Parkhurst Prison in England in 1842 and 1843, caused quite a stir.
This article outlines the story of their arrival at Auckland, the problems they encountered and the public outcry that stopped them coming for ever.

Pākehā–Māori
The first women settlers, who landed in 1806, were the notorious mutineer and ex-convict Charlotte Badger and her fellow rebel Catharine Hagerty. Some seamen or ex-convicts lived with or close to Māori, learning their language, often fathering children with Māori women, and acting as go-betweens for traders, and interpreters. They were known as Pākehā–Māori.

http://paperspast.natlib.govt.nz/cgi-bin/paperspast?a=d&d=WC18820304.2.17
This website may be of interest to anyone who had family living in NZ way back when.

Rita James
Proud of my ancestor Warren James sent to Tasmania for leading the riots in the Forest.