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Letter to the editor

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Letter to the editor

Jelal Kalyanji Natali was a New Zealand Indian community leader who often spoke publicly on issues of racial inequality. In this letter of 3 July 1922 to the editor of the Auckland Star he attempts to convey the plight of Indian indentured labourers in Fiji.

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Reference: Auckland Star, 3 July 1922, p. 11

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Jacqueline Leckie, Fijians – First waves of immigration, Te Ara – the Encyclopedia of New Zealand, https://teara.govt.nz/en/document/774/letter-to-the-editor (accessed 4 June 2026).

Story by Jacqueline Leckie, published 4 March 2009, updated 1 July 2024.