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Vietnamese family

Vietnamese family

The collapse of American-backed régimes in South-East Asia sent some refugees to New Zealand, including over 4,000 from Vietnam. Here, the Buivan family from Vietnam pose in their Wellington dairy in 1982.

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Alexander Turnbull Library, Dominion Post Collection (PAColl-7327)
Reference: PAColl-7327
Photograph by Don Scott

Permission of the Alexander Turnbull Library, National Library of New Zealand, Te Puna Matauranga o Aotearoa, must be obtained before any re-use of this image.

How to cite this page:

Jock Phillips. 'History of immigration', Te Ara - the Encyclopedia of New Zealand, updated 1-Sep-11
URL: http://www.TeAra.govt.nz/en/history-of-immigration/16/3