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Kōrero: Cambodians

Song Seum, Dunedin 2003

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Song Seum, Dunedin 2003

A familiar sight for many Otago University students during the 1990s was the green stand of the Khmer satay takeaway. Its owner Song Seum, like many refugees, came to New Zealand to escape war. By the early 2000s his children were all educated and working as professionals.

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Te Ara - The Encyclopedia of New Zealand

by Melanie Lovell-Smith

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Man Hau Liev rāua ko Rosa Chhun, Cambodians – Fitting in: work, community and culture, Te Ara – the Encyclopedia of New Zealand, https://teara.govt.nz/mi/photograph/3890/song-seum-dunedin-2003 (accessed 25 June 2026).

He kōrero nā Man Hau Liev rāua ko Rosa Chhun, i tāngia i te 4 March 2009, updated 1 August 2024.