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The nomad who found his place: Romungro man s extraordinary journey to Hawke s Bay
12 May, 2021 01:19 AM
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Alexandru Cionca fled Romania in 2007 at the age of 15. Now he s a New Zealand citizen. Photo / Warren Buckland
Alexandru Cionca fled Romania in 2007 at the age of 15. Now he s a New Zealand citizen. Photo / Warren Buckland
More than a decade after bribing border guards to allow him to flee Romania, Hawke s Bay s first and only Romungro native has become a New Zealand citizen. Of Romanian nationality, Alexandru Cionca identifies as Romani – an ethnicity of Indo-Aryan people, traditionally nomadic itinerants, living mostly in Europe.
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