Story: Pacific Islands and New Zealand

Arriving in New Zealand, 1970

A group of Pacific Island families and single women from Tokelau are shown arriving in New Zealand in this excerpt from a 1970 film, Atoll people.

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Reference: Atoll People. National Film Unit, 1970

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Jon Fraenkel, Pacific Islands and New Zealand – Immigration and aid, Te Ara – the Encyclopedia of New Zealand, https://teara.govt.nz/en/video/36854/arriving-in-new-zealand-1970 (accessed 24 June 2026).

Story by Jon Fraenkel, published 12 June 2012.