Mr Van Thanh Nguyen holds his family’s naturalisation papers while his wife Thi Hoa, their daughter Tai My Lan, left, and their son, Tan Trung, express their delight after being welcomed as New Zealanders by the Mayor of Christchurch, MrHay, in the Council Chambers. The family were members of a group of 44 boat people who had made their way to Malaysia and Thailand before their arrival in Christchurch as refugees in late 1977. Most of those who came at that time took part in the ceremony last evening.
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89Mr Van Thanh Nguyen holds his family’s naturalisation papers while his wife Thi Hoa, their daughter Tai My Lan, left, and their son, Tan Trung, express their delight after being welcomed as New Zealanders by the Mayor of Christchurch, Mr-Hay, in the Council Chambers. The family were members of a group of 44 boat people who had made their way to Malaysia and Thailand before their arrival in Christchurch as refugees in late 1977. Most of those who came at that time took part in the ceremony last evening. Press, 29 April 1981, Page 1
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