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School's Parliamentary Interns join New Zealand Mission to the United Nations
Chris Nixon, a student of our School's 2017 VUW’s Parliamentary Internship Programme, successfully completed an internship at the New Zealand Mission to the United Nations.
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CANCELLED History Programme Seminar: Everyday life for Chinese workers on Nauru, 1920-1952
This paper explores the living conditions of Chinese immigrants working on Nauru from 1920-1952 during…