This excerpt from a 1964 newsreel about the Colombo Plan features two Indonesian students – a midwife and a teacher – studying for further qualifications in New Zealand. A number of Indonesian students arrived from the 1960s under the Colombo Plan, which aimed to promote social and economic development in the Asia–Pacific region through training and technological assistance.
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Archives New Zealand – Te Rua Mahara o te Kāwanatanga
Reference:
Pictorial Parade 153. National Film Unit, 1964
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