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New Zealand has apologized to
from South Pacific islands like Tahiti, Tonga, Samoa and Fiji for an immigration
in the
. The policy was known as the Dawn Raids. Over 65,000 Pacific Islanders lived and worked in New Zealand. That is
there was a
of workers. Police with dogs woke up some Islanders
in the morning to deport
. The Dawn Raids focused on those who overstayed their
. Police put their children in government
homes. Most over-stayers at that
were from the UK, South Africa and Australia.
