“She's never forgotten how it affected her because she felt the racial profiling with the people she was associated with.” The reflections follow a formal apology delivered by Prime Minister Jacinda Ardern on behalf of the government to the Pacific Island community for the racially-charged clampdown on illegal overstayers in the mid-1970s. The raids to find, convict and deport overstayers often took place late at night or early in the morning and were said to involve harsh verbal and physical treatment. Adam Burns/LDR Ashburton's Robert Tito says the Government's apology over the dawn raids is a positive step.