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Professional Readings: Culture and Migration (New Zealand)

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• Treaty of Waitangi Te Tiriti o Waitangi

  Visit this website for a concise account of the Treaty of Waitangi and links to related resources (State Services Commission).

• The Unfriendly Isles

  Noel O'Hare writes about the tough time immigrants and refugees have settling in New Zealand (NZ Listener, 2004).

• Aotearoa Ethnic Network Journal

  The AEN Journal is an online journal, published three times per year. It publishes commentaries and critical perspectives from those in or involved with ethnic and religious communities in Aotearoa/New Zealand. The AEN Journal promotes critical debate on issues facing migrants and refugees, ethnic diasporic and religious communities.

• The Changing Face of Chineseness

  New Zealander Wong Liu Sheung writes of her experiences and her perspectives.

• Chinese in Australasia and the Pacific: Old and New Migrations and Cultural Change

  Papers from the 1998 Otago conference.

• Family Structures

  The research aimed to identify how the concept of 'family' differs by ethnic group (NZ Immigration Service, 2000).

• Integrating Dual Identities: The Experience of New Chinese New Zealanders

  Ho, Chen, and Bedford explore how new Chinese New Zealanders deal with their dual identities. Data from the 1990s.

• Migrant Settlement: A Review of the Literature and its Relevance to New Zealand

  1999 literature review by the NZ Immigration Service that aimed to describe and define the process of migrant settlement.

• Migrants' Experiences of New Zealand

  2004 Pilot Survey report for Longitudinal Immigration Survey: New Zealand (LisNZ). Adult focus.

• National Immigration Settlement Strategy

  The New Zealand Government's 2003 Immigration Settlement Strategy for migrants, refugees and their families.

• New Chinese - Changing Characteristics: A New Settlers Programme Profile

  Henderson and Trlin study the number and characteristics of new Chinese immigrants settling in New Zealand (1998).

• Pacific Salutations

  Greetings and phrases in a number of Pasifika languages (Ministry of Pacific Island Affairs).

• Settlement Assistance Needs of Recent Migrants

  From the NZ Immigration Service, this 2000 study aimed to assist with the development of settlement services for recent migrants.

• Social Differences between Kiwi-Chinese and Chinese Newcomers

  Dr James Ng identifies six groups amongst the Chinese population and then compares the two largest groups - the Kiwi-Chinese and newcomers from East Asia.

• Social Research, Asia: NZ Foundation

  Research reports such as "Engaging Asian Communities in NZ".