Tagata Pasifika

The Pacific voice on
New Zealand television
since 1987

Tagata Pasifika

The Pacific voice on
New Zealand television
since 1987

Pacific population dwindling in Christchurch

The Christchurch earthquake on 22 February 2011 and the following days – that for the residents turned into months of water & food shortages, portaloos and hundreds of aftershocks – was the focus of the nation’s media. The Pacific Islands communities suffered a drop in numbers as people either left in fear of more earthquakes, or because they couldn’t find alternative housing, or because they could no longer find work.
Fours years on, how are the Pacific people of Christchurch getting on with life?

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