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When was the Chinese Poll Tax Heritage Trust established?

The New Zealand government established the Chinese Poll Tax Heritage Trust in 2004 with $5 million as a gesture of reconciliation in support of the formal apology. The Trust is a gesture of goodwill to the poll tax payers, their descendants and future generations in recognition of the hardship caused by the poll tax and other discriminatory legislation.

紐西蘭政府在2004年成立500萬紐幣的「華人人頭稅遺產信託基金」,當作正式道歉以外的和解姿態。這筆信託基金是向人頭稅納稅人、他們的後代子孫所表達的一種善意,補償人頭稅和其他不公平法規對他們造成的痛苦。

What was the New Zealand government's apology for?

In 2002, the New Zealand government formally apologised to the early settler Chinese community for the actions of previous governments that imposed a poll tax on Chinese persons entering New Zealand and other discriminatory statutes.

紐西蘭政府在 2002 年向華人早期移民正式道歉,因為前政府向移民紐西蘭的華人課徵人頭稅,並頒佈過其他歧視性法令。