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Samoans granted NZ citizenship

Falema'i Lesa having just won her case for citizenship with the Privy Council, July 1982. 

On 19 July 1982 the Privy Council granted New Zealand citizenship to Western Samoans born after 1924. The government challenged this ruling, leading to accusations of betrayal and racism. Read more here

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  • National Party caucus, c. 1979
    The 1980s

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samoa
citizenship
1980s
Credit

Alexander Turnbull Library
Reference: EP/1982/2359-F
Photographer: Peter Avery

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

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