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Tuvaluan independence day celebrations

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West Auckland is a stronghold of the New Zealand Tuvaluan community. Watch footage of Tuvaluans in 1998, relaxing and celebrating 20 years of independence for their home islands.

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Carl Walrond, South Pacific peoples – Island groups and recent migration, Te Ara – the Encyclopedia of New Zealand, https://teara.govt.nz/en/video/1279/tuvaluan-independence-day-celebrations (accessed 5 June 2026).

Story by Carl Walrond, published 4 March 2009, updated 1 July 2024.