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Polynesian festival, 2004

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Polynesian festival, 2004

Large numbers of Pacific Island immigrants, including people from the Cook Islands, Samoa, Fiji, Tonga and Nuie, came to work at the Kinleith mill, and their descendants still live in Tokoroa. This Polynesian heritage is celebrated at an annual festival.

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Chris Westinghouse Photography

by Chris Westinghouse

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Nancy Swarbrick, Waikato places – Tokoroa, Te Ara – the Encyclopedia of New Zealand, https://teara.govt.nz/mi/photograph/27358/polynesian-festival-2004 (accessed 4 June 2026).

He kōrero nā Nancy Swarbrick, i tāngia i te 26 May 2010, updated 11 June 2015.