The Samoan People are putting a i’Fonga (Mat) over Jacinda Ardern because
she is asking for forgiveness for what happened in the past. This took place at the
Town Hall in the city of Auckland, two weeks ago. The people who were there were Pacific Islanders,
government,Tongan Princess Siu'ilikutapu and The Prime Minister. This is important for Pacific Islanders
because in the 1970’s and 1980’s the government used the Police to arrest people in the early mornings,
hence the term dawn raids. This was racist because only Pacific Island over stayers were arrested even
though there were many more European over-stayers. Even though Jacinda Ardern wasn’t the Prime
Minister who ordered this to be done, it is important for her to apologise on behalf of the government.
