Why did Katherine Mansfield move from New Zealand to London in 1908?

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New Zealand literature Front cover of the Spiral Press first edition of Keri Hulme's *The Bone People* (1983).

Katherine Mansfield moved from New Zealand to London in 1908 because she felt impatient with the limitations of colonial life. By relocating to England, she sought to establish herself as a writer and pursue her literary career on a broader stage.12