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Kōrero: Filipinos

The 1,000th Colombo Plan student

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The 1,000th Colombo Plan student

Fidel Madlansacay, the 1,000th student to come to New Zealand under the technical assistance programme of the Colombo Plan, exchanges gifts with New Zealand Prime Minister Keith Holyoake in 1962. Fidel was headed for Massey Agricultural College to study pastoral and dairy management.

Te whakamahi i tēnei tūemi

Alexander Turnbull Library, Dominion Post Collection (PA-Group-00685)

Reference: EP/1962/0448

Permission of the Alexander Turnbull Library, National Library of New Zealand, Te Puna Mātauranga o Aotearoa, must be obtained before any re-use of this image.

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Me pēnei te tohu i te whārang

Carl Walrond, Filipinos – Arrivals and settlement, Te Ara – the Encyclopedia of New Zealand, https://teara.govt.nz/mi/photograph/1014/the-1000th-colombo-plan-student (accessed 4 June 2026).

He kōrero nā Carl Walrond, i tāngia i te 4 March 2009, updated 1 August 2024.