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Kōrero: Kiwis overseas

Makeup in Melbourne

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Makeup in Melbourne

Kirsten Veysey moved to Melbourne to become a freelance makeup artist in 1989. For the majority of New Zealanders the first step overseas is the three-hour flight across the Tasman Sea to the ‘lucky country’, Australia. While younger people go in search of work, many retired people leave for the warmer climate.

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

Reference: EP NZ-Social-New Zealanders Overseas-01

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

Carl Walrond, Kiwis overseas – Migration to Australia, Te Ara – the Encyclopedia of New Zealand, https://teara.govt.nz/mi/photograph/888/makeup-in-melbourne (accessed 4 June 2026).

He kōrero nā Carl Walrond, i tāngia i te 4 March 2009, updated 17 September 2014.