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Pacific woman manual worker

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Pacific woman manual worker

Sue Tinei sorts out imported goods at the Monarch Fulfillment Centre in Māngere, Auckland, in July 2005. She had found the job through the Pacific Wave strategy, which aimed to get unemployed Pacific people into work. In the early 21st century Pacific and Māori people were significantly overrepresented among both unemployed and unskilled manual workers.

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David Pearson, Ethnic inequalities – Occupation and education, Te Ara – the Encyclopedia of New Zealand, https://teara.govt.nz/en/photograph/29604/pacific-woman-manual-worker (accessed 4 June 2026).

Story by David Pearson, published 24 February 2011.