A 1946 parliamentary select committee recommended that New Zealand increase its population. It was accepted that if not enough people from Britain could be persuaded to come, people from Scandinavia, Northern Europe and even Southern Europe should be given permits to settle. These young Greek women were brought out in 1962 to work as domestic servants in hotels, hospitals and other institutions.
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Alexander Turnbull Library, Dominion Post Collection (PAColl-7327)
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EP/1962/2905
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