Story: Thais
One of the main ways that Thai women have emigrated to New Zealand is by marrying Kiwi men. Suwan (pictured in the photographs) was refused a visa to enter New Zealand after she married Wellingtonian Hamish Murphy in Thailand, but she was later granted permanent residency and the couple reunited in May 1998.
About this item
Alexander Turnbull Library, Dominion Post Collection (PAColl-7327)
Reference: EP/1998/1067/32
Photograph by Phil Reid
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.
