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Falema'i Lesa having just won her case for citizenship with the Privy Council, July 1982.
On 19 July 1982 the Privy Council granted New Zealand citizenship to Western Samoans born after 1924. The government challenged this ruling, leading to accusations of betrayal and racism. Read more here
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Alexander Turnbull Library
Reference: EP/1982/2359-F
Photographer: Peter Avery
Permission of the Alexander Turnbull Library, National Library of New Zealand, Te Puna Matauranga o Aotearoa, must be obtained before any reuse of this image.
