Petition request
That the House of Representatives review the present requirements for Pacific people to enter NZ on a visitor visa, and allow Pacific people to be treated in the same way as people from the 60 plus other countries who are eligible for NZeTAs.
Petition reason
Pacific people are NZ’s neighbours. I believe we share close ties and have stood together in wars. We came here from the 1940s and helped build NZ. The 1970s Dawn Raids targeted us but research later showed Pacific people were a minority of overstayers but the majority of prosecutions. I believe there is discrimination towards people of the Pacific which must end. I propose that Pacific people from Fiji, Samoa, Solomon Islands, Tonga, Tuvalu and Vanuatu be issued a visitor visa on arrival in NZ.
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| Number of signatures: | 48367 |
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| Date presented: | 11 Feb 2026 |
| Considered by: | Petitions |
| Presenting member: | Rt Hon Winston Peters |
| Closing date: | 31 Jan 2026 |