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Pacific Island Migration


They came to this Land of Plenty

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Give students this cloze exercise without the words at the base. See how many of the gaps they can fill in, then give them the words below to see if they were correct.

Since  the 1. _________ many people from the 2. _____________ Islands   have migrated to New Zealand and  have mainly settled in Auckland and   3. _________. 4. ____________  is now the largest Pacific Island city in   the world. The New Zealand Government  has 5. ___________ with some   Pacific Island nations (6. _________,  7. ________ , 8. ________) which   allows them to come to New Zealand to  work. Some Pacific Island nations get   free entry to New Zealand (9. ________,  10. _________ , 11.________ ) as New Zealand has control over these  countries. Many Pacific Islanders come to   New Zealand because they have 12. _________  who already live here. Others   come because there are more 13. __________,  better 14. _________ and   15. ___________  facilities.

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