Asajiro Noda (野田 朝次郎, Noda Asajirō, 1868–1942) was a New Zealand seaman, cashier, gum-digger and farmer. [1] He was born in Japan, and left when he was about 10, spending several years as a sailor before arriving in Bluff sometime in the 1890s. [2] He is noted as the first Japanese settler in New Zealand. [2]
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Asajiro Noda (野田 朝次郎, Noda Asajirō, 1868–1942) was a New Zealand seaman, cashier, gum-digger and farmer. [1] He was born in Japan, and left when he was about 10, spending several years as a sailor before arriving in Bluff sometime in the 1890s. [2] He is noted as the first Japanese settler in New Zealand. [2]
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