- The dawn raids: causes, impacts and legacy - New Zealand History
Unemployment was also rising, at the same time as increasing numbers of Pacific Islanders were arriving in New Zealand on visitors’ permits Many remained in the country to work
- Timeline of the Dawn Raids | Manatū Taonga | Ministry for Culture . . .
The resulting uncertainty, coupled with rising unemployment, lead to the scapegoating of Pacific Islanders, and put pressure on the third Labour government to address immigration and overstaying
- Remembering the Dawn Raids - Ministry for Pacific Peoples
From 1974 to 1976, Police and the Immigration Department attempted to rigorously enforce visa conditions, raiding the homes of Pacific families, turning up at their workplaces, churches, and accosting them in the street Pacific peoples were questioned and required to prove their right to be in New Zealand
- Dawn Raids in the Archive - Ngā Taonga Sound Vision
For some news outlets and politicians, people who didn’t have valid visas were an easy scapegoat for all sorts of problems like unemployment, crime, and housing shortages In March 1974, police in Auckland began raiding the homes of suspected overstayers in the dead of night
- Dawn raids (New Zealand) - Wikipedia
The dawn raids were a product of the New Zealand government's immigration policies to attract more Pacific Islanders Since the 1950s, the New Zealand government had encouraged substantial emigration from several Pacific countries including Samoa, Tonga, and Fiji to fill a labour shortage caused by the post-war economic boom
- The lasting, shameful legacy of the Dawn Raids - RNZ
But by the early '70s New Zealand faced two economic shocks - soaring oil prices and Britain joining the European Economic Community As unemployment grew so-called overstayers became scapegoats The Labour Government set up police taskforces and in March 1974 the Dawn Raids began in Auckland
- Consequences - The 1970s new zealand dawn raids
Those who saw Pacific Islanders in New Zealand as the cause of unemployment constructed them as outsiders, while those who saw them as the victims constructed them as part of the national community
- Causes - Dawn Raids
Pacific islanders, especially Samoan and Tongan immigrants, became targets to the random police checks Samoans, Tongans, and Fijians became heavily targeted as those from the Cook Islands, Tokelau, and Niue were New Zealand citizens
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