Pacific migration boom of the 1960s and 1970s

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The Pacific migration boom of the 1960s and 1970s was a major wave of migration from Pacific Island nations to New Zealand that significantly reshaped the country’s demographic makeup and laid foundations for its contemporary multicultural society.

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Pacific migration boom of the 1960s and 1970s canonical 1

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Predicate Object
instanceOf demographic event ⓘ
historical migration phenomenon ⓘ
social history event ⓘ
associatedWith Dawn Raids in New Zealand ⓘ
New Zealand labour movement ⓘ
linked to: labour movement

overstayer crackdowns in the 1970s ⓘ
urbanisation of Pacific peoples ⓘ
cause colonial and postcolonial ties between New Zealand and Pacific Islands ⓘ
demand for labour in New Zealand manufacturing and service sectors ⓘ
existing migration pathways and networks ⓘ
labour shortages in New Zealand ⓘ
postwar economic growth in New Zealand ⓘ
characteristic chain migration through family and village networks ⓘ
concentration in low-income urban suburbs ⓘ
primarily working-class migrants ⓘ
countryOfDestination New Zealand ⓘ
countryOfOrigin Cook Islands ⓘ
Fiji ⓘ
Niue ⓘ
Samoa ⓘ
Tokelau ⓘ
Tonga ⓘ
other Pacific Island nations ⓘ
culturalImpact growth of Pacific music and arts in New Zealand ⓘ
increased visibility of Pacific languages in New Zealand ⓘ
strengthening of transnational ties between New Zealand and Pacific Islands ⓘ
demographicImpact establishment of large Samoan community in Auckland ⓘ
establishment of large Tongan community in Auckland ⓘ
increase in New Zealand-born Pacific population ⓘ
effect expansion of Pacific cultural festivals in New Zealand ⓘ
foundation of contemporary multicultural society in New Zealand ⓘ
growth of Pacific churches and community organisations in New Zealand ⓘ
increased ethnic diversity in urban New Zealand ⓘ
rapid growth of Pacific communities in New Zealand ⓘ
significant reshaping of New Zealand’s demographic makeup ⓘ
hasEndTime 1979 ⓘ
hasLocation New Zealand ⓘ
Pacific Islands ⓘ
hasStartTime 1960 ⓘ
legalBasis New Zealand citizenship rights of Cook Islands, Niue, and Tokelau residents ⓘ
New Zealand immigration policies favouring Pacific labour migration in the 1960s ⓘ
mainDestinationCity Auckland ⓘ
Christchurch ⓘ
Wellington ⓘ
sectorOfEmployment construction ⓘ
freezing works ⓘ
manufacturing ⓘ
service industries ⓘ

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New Zealand multicultural society → hasHistoricalPeriod → Pacific migration boom of the 1960s and 1970s ⓘ