New Zealand apologises over 1970s raids on Pacific Island people

New Zealand apologises over 1970s raids on Pacific Island people
New Zealand Prime Minister Jacinda Ardern (NZ Herald/AP)

New Zealand’s prime minister Jacinda Ardern has announced that the government will formally apologise for an infamous part of the country’s history, known as the Dawn Raids.

This event saw Pacific Island people targeted for deportation in the mid-1970s during aggressive home raids by authorities to find, convict and deport overstayers.

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