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Kōrero: Greeks – the Hellenic community

Greek hotel workers

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Greek hotel workers

A government scheme to provide domestic staff for hotels and hospitals brought 267 young Greek women to New Zealand between 1962 and 1964. This publicity photograph shows women at work in a hotel soon after arrival in 1962.

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Archives New Zealand - Te Rua Mahara o te Kāwanatanga

Reference: AAQT 6401 A71466

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Nancy Swarbrick, Greeks – the Hellenic community – Arrivals, Te Ara – the Encyclopedia of New Zealand, https://teara.govt.nz/mi/photograph/122/greek-hotel-workers (accessed 4 June 2026).

He kōrero nā Nancy Swarbrick, i tāngia i te 4 March 2009, updated 1 August 2024.