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In the 1970s, governments (both Labour and National), migration officials, and special police squads targeted Pasifika illegal overstayers. Pacific Studies academic Dr Melani Anae describes the Dawn Raids as "the most blatantly racist attack on Pacific peoples by the New Zealand government in New Zealand's history". [8]
Tangata O Le Moana: New Zealand and the People of the Pacific. Te Papa Press. ISBN 978-1-877385-72-8. Parker, John (2005), Frontier of Dreams: The Story of New Zealand—Into the 21st Century, 1946–2005, Auckland: TVNZ and Scholastic, pp. 28– 29, 64– 65; Mitchell, James (July 2003). Immigration and National Identity in 1970s New Zealand ...
Due to New Zealand's geographic isolation, several centuries passed before the next phase of settlement, that of Europeans. Only then did the original inhabitants need to distinguish themselves from the new arrivals, using the adjective "māori" which means "ordinary" or "indigenous" which later became a noun although the term New Zealand native was common until about 1890.
They are the sixth largest Pacific Islander ethnic group in New Zealand, and one of the most socio-economically deprived. [5] Migration to New Zealand began in the 1950s and increased in the 1960s under a government resettlement scheme driven by fears of overpopulation and a tropical cyclone striking the islands. [6]
The Royal New Zealand Air Force had a major presence in Suva during the 1950s and 1960s. Many Rotuman women married New Zealand air personnel and immigrated to New Zealand. [3] Rotuman diaspora communities developed in Auckland, Napier and Wellington, [2] and immigration to New Zealand peaked in the 1970s and 1980s. [3]
The movement galvanised widespread support during the Dawn Raids of the 1970s, [6] and greatly helped contribute to the modern pan-Polynesian ethnic identity in New Zealand called Pasifika. [ 6 ] The Polynesian Panthers operated to bring awareness and combat exploitative social relations of Pasifika people, including redlining , racial ...
During the 1990s, immigration to New Zealand from Asia sharply increased – particularly from Hong Kong, Taiwan and South Korea – following the 1991 introduction of a points-based immigration system. It was this immigration that gave the anti-immigration New Zealand First Party its "Asian invasion" slogan for the 1996 election. [207]
New Zealand culture is essentially a Western culture influenced by the unique environment and geographic isolation of the islands, and the cultural input of the Māori and the various waves of multiethnic migration which followed the British colonisation of New Zealand.