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Julius Fenyves graduates

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Julius Fenyves graduates

Some Hungarians continued to migrate to New Zealand in the 1960s and 1970s, usually as refugees from Communism. One who arrived was Julius Fenyves, who became the oldest graduate of the University of Auckland in 1986.

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

Reference: EP-Education-Tertiary-Auckland University-1

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Ann Beaglehole, Hungarians – Immigration from 1956: refugees, Te Ara – the Encyclopedia of New Zealand, https://teara.govt.nz/en/photograph/1606/julius-fenyves-graduates (accessed 24 June 2026).

Story by Ann Beaglehole, published 4 March 2009, updated 1 August 2024.