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The Prime Minister of New Zealand Jacinda Ardern has apologized to Pacific Islanders for an
policy in the early 1970s. The
was known as the Dawn Raids. These involved police with
waking up Pacific Islanders in the early
of the morning to deport them. Pacific Islanders are from
in the South Pacific such as Tahiti, Tonga, Samoa and Fiji. Over 65,000 Pacific Islanders relocated to New Zealand for
to help fill a
of workers. The Dawn Raids focused on those who allegedly overstayed their
. Police deported them and put their children in government
homes. Most over-stayers at that
were from the UK, South Africa and Australia.
