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Kōrero: Thais

Colombo Plan students

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Colombo Plan students

Frances Swindell of the Department of External Affairs talks with Thai students on Colombo Plan scholarships in the late 1960s. They were learning about the cutlery they would find on New Zealand tables when they dined. All six Thais attended the English Language Institute at Victoria University of Wellington before going on to other universities and schools.

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Archives New Zealand - Te Rua Mahara o te Kāwanatanga

Reference: AAQT 6401 A80312

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Rosa Chhun, Thais – Leaving Thailand, Te Ara – the Encyclopedia of New Zealand, https://teara.govt.nz/mi/photograph/1090/colombo-plan-students (accessed 4 June 2026).

He kōrero nā Rosa Chhun, i tāngia i te 4 March 2009, updated 1 July 2024.