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The Prasad family sweet shop

The Prasad family sweet shop

Shandya Prasad stands in front of her family’s sweet shop in Auckland. The Prasad family were among the many Indo-Fijians who came to New Zealand after the 1987 coup in Fiji. Their shop provides familiar delicacies for the city’s large Indo-Fijian community.

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Jacqueline Leckie, 'Fijians - Post-1987 immigration', Te Ara - the Encyclopedia of New Zealand, http://www.TeAra.govt.nz/en/photograph/817/the-prasad-family-sweet-shop (accessed 20 April 2024)

Story by Jacqueline Leckie, published 8 Feb 2005, updated 25 Mar 2015