The dawn raids of the 1970s saw police target homes of Pacific immigrants searching for overstayers.
As part of yesterday’s ceremony the PM took part in a modified version of the Samoan ifoga ceremony.
Auckland Town Hall was filled with song, “healing”, a recognition of injustice, and a peek into the future.
The Prime Minister was visibly emotional as she listened to Princess Mele Siu'ilikutapu speak.
Immigration officials targeted the homes of Pacific Islands people, beginning in the 1970s.
The PM took part in an adapted Samoan Ifoga ceremony at the Auckland Town Hall.
The event at the Auckland Town Hall will hosted by the Minister for Pacific Peoples, Aupito William Sio.
There are 294 severe Covid-19 patients in Fiji's hospitals.
Aupito William Sio doesn't remember how many times police visited his family home in the depths of night.
Fiji also recorded 1163 new Covid-19 cases in the 24-hour period to 8am yesterday.
Since the border closure, 32 people are on the list to be deported to the Pacific, the majority for violent offences.
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The Government initially declined to medically evacuate a Covid-19 infected patient from Fiji.
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There have been 24,354 cases during the outbreak that started in April.
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The child was born by emergency caesarean section three days before the woman died.
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