NZ Govt to formally apologise for Dawn Raids | RNZ

NZ Govt to formally apologise for Dawn Raids | RNZ

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Prime Minister Jacinda Ardern will make a formal government apology for the 1970s Dawn Raids on 26 June at a commemoration event in the Auckland Town Hall. She made the announcement today alongside Minister for Pacific Peoples Aupito William Sio.

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6月26日,新西兰政府将为这段历史正式道歉

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2026 supplementary reading:NZ Govt to formally apologise for Dawn Raids

Updated 27 July 2026. The New Zealand Government delivered its formal and unreserved Dawn Raids apology on 1 August 2021. The original article captured the announcement before the apology occurred.

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