The mainstay of the city's economy remains centred around tertiary education, with students from the University of Otago, New Zealand's oldest university, and the Otago Polytechnic, accounting for a large proportion of the population 21.6 per cent of the city's population was aged between 15 and 24 at the 2006 census, compared to the New Zealand average of 14.2 per cent. Today Dunedin has a diverse economy which includes manufacturing, publishing, arts, tourism and technology-based industries.
Dunedin is home to New Zealand’s oldest Chinese community. The city saw substantial migration from mainland China at the same time, predominately from Guangdong and Guangxi. Dunedin's population and wealth boomed during the 1860s Central Otago Gold Rush, and for a brief period of time it became New Zealand's largest urban area.
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In 1848 a Scottish settlement was established by the Lay Association of the Free Church of Scotland and between 18 many thousands of Scots emigrated to the incorporated city. The province and region of Otago takes its name from the Ngāi Tahu village of Otakou at the mouth of the harbour, which became a whaling station in the 1830s. The city suburbs extend out into the surrounding valleys and hills, onto the isthmus of the Otago Peninsula, and along the shores of the Otago Harbour and the Pacific Ocean.Īrchaeological evidence points to lengthy occupation of the area by Māori prior to the arrival of Europeans. The urban area of Dunedin lies on the central-eastern coast of Otago, surrounding the head of Otago Harbour, and the harbour and hills around Dunedin are the remnants of an extinct volcano. For historic, cultural and geographic reasons, the city has long been considered one of New Zealand's four main centres. With an estimated population of 130,400 as of June 2022, Dunedin is both New Zealand's seventh-most populous metro and urban area. The city has a rich Scottish, Chinese and Māori heritage. Its name comes from Dùn Èideann, the Scottish Gaelic name for Edinburgh, the capital of Scotland.
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