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Who are the Chinese Poll Tax Trust trustees?

The eight trustees are all descendants of the original poll tax payers:

  • Rodney Wong 黃华鈴 (Chairperson)
  • Hector Wong 黃鐵克
  • Denise Ng 伍玉萍
  • David Wong 黄家興
  • Eileen Ng 謝靄燕
  • Deborah Sew Hoy 徐玉蓮
  • Jennifer Too 朱余敬貞
  • Lois Yee 余笑儀

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。