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Kōrero: History of immigration

Vietnamese family

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Vietnamese family

The collapse of American-backed régimes in South-East Asia sent refugees to New Zealand, including more than 4,000 from South Vietnam. Here, the Buivan family pose in their Wellington dairy in 1982.

Te whakamahi i tēnei tūemi

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

Reference: PAColl-7327

by Don Scott

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

Jock Phillips, History of immigration – Many leave, fewer arrive: 1975 to 1991, Te Ara – the Encyclopedia of New Zealand, https://teara.govt.nz/mi/photograph/2160/vietnamese-family (accessed 4 June 2026).

He kōrero nā Jock Phillips, i tāngia i te 4 March 2009, updated 1 August 2015.