Story: Tongans
In the 1960s and 1970s many Tongans stayed on beyond their three-month work permit. In 1974 the New Zealand government announced an amnesty: they were to return to Tonga by a set time or be arrested. In this interview the Tongan lawyer Clive Edwards discusses the panic caused by this announcement. Eventually the police began making dawn raids on the overstayers. The flyer records a protest in March, 1974, following one of the first dawn raids.
Sound file from Radio New Zealand Sound Archives Ngā Taonga Kōrero. Any re-use of this audio is a breach of copyright. To request a copy of the recording, contact Sound Archives Ngā Taonga Kōrero (Overstayers panic over amnesty misunderstanding/Reference number MR880121).
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Auckland City Libraries - Tamaki Pataka Korero
Reference: Race - New Zealand Issues Record ID 31
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