Kōrero: Immigration regulation

Tokelauans invited to New Zealand

Tokelauans invited to New Zealand

In the early 20th century, the Cook Islands, Niue and Tokelau became New Zealand possessions. Their citizens were therefore free to enter New Zealand as British subjects and, after 1948, as New Zealand citizens. This right of free entry remains, even though each country has attained a measure of self-government. In the 1960s Tokelauans were encouraged to emigrate because the three tiny islands of the group could no longer support the population. These young Tokelauan women arrived in 1966 to work in church institutions in Auckland.

Te whakamahi i tēnei tūemi

Alexander Turnbull Library, Auckland Star Collection (PA-Group-00610)
Reference: EP-Politics-Immigration-03

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.

Courtesy of Fairfax Media

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Te tuhi tohutoro mō tēnei whārangi:

Ann Beaglehole, 'Immigration regulation - Controlling Pacific Island immigration', Te Ara - the Encyclopedia of New Zealand, http://www.TeAra.govt.nz/mi/photograph/3998/tokelauans-invited-to-new-zealand (accessed 29 March 2024)

He kōrero nā Ann Beaglehole, i tāngia i te 8 Feb 2005, updated 1 Aug 2015