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My home now : migrants and refugees to New Zealand tell their stories / edited by Gail Thomas and Leanne Mckenzie.

Contributor(s): Material type: TextTextPublisher: Auckland, N.Z. : Cape Catley, 2005Description: 208 pages : illustrations ; 21 cmContent type:
  • text
Media type:
  • unmediated
Carrier type:
  • volume
ISBN:
  • 1877340049
  • 9781877340048
Subject(s): DDC classification:
  • 305.906910993 22
Contents:
Introduction / Gail Thomas & Leanne McKenzie -- 1. Seeking a better life. South Africa : It would be perfect if it wasn't for the longing / Johann Schoonees. Scotland : The big shift / Alice Baird. Canada : The opportunity of a lifetime / Jon McDade. Korea : A better education / Ju-hee Yeo. Greece : Leaving my Greek island home / Rallou Keeley. Holland : Absolutely no regrets / Ellen Lijzenga. Taiwan : Learning ourselves through helping others / Paul Yen. Namibia : From Windhoek to Palmerston North / Marietjie Changuion. Samoa : A voice to be heard / Bernie Pereira. USA : As good as gold / Patrick Winters. India : Just hang in there / Sunila Wilson. Latvia : DEAFinitely my land / Victoria Igorevna Skorikova. Japan : Going against the flow / Yuki Kodama Kamiya -- 2. Fleeing war and persecution. Croatia : Foreigners in our own land / Sofia. Afghanistan : A miracle reunion / Ghulam. Chile : I had to leave my homeland / Eduardo Diaz. Kosova : A safe haven / Basrije Krasniqi. Ethiopia : Following my father to freedom / Biruktayet Alemayehu. Iraq : Iraqi nomads / Rose Joudi. Burma : The freedom to be myself / Ngam Nyein. Iran : Escape from Iran / Kourosh Nasheri. Somalia : The woman who wears the trousers / Amina Timayare. Kurdistan : A nation without a country / Abbas Ahmed -- 3. Moving to democracy and freedom. Vietnam : I had a dream when I was young / Hanh Pham. Zimbabwe : Much better than Zimbabwe / Kate Callard. Romania : A Transylvanian story / Eniko Burjan. Venezuela : A chance meeting / Omar Gonzalez Guedez. Russia : A new life / Mila. Iraq : Flight to the land of nations / Dr. Abdul Monem Nasser. Bangladesh : No man's land / Mia Dodson. China/Japan : Determined to be together / Ling Dong. Ukraine : I became speechless / Anya Filippochkina. Fiji : Feeling persecuted for my political beliefs / Ami Chand. China : Ling Juan's story / Jenny (Ling Juan) Wang -- 4. Following love and fate. Germany : New Zealand the right choice / Jutta Colwill. India : From Sarbon to the King Country / Leena Tailor. USA : Yes, I'm American / Jody Gorse. Ireland : Sailing to Paradise / Barbara MacFarlane Brown. Sri Lanka : As good as its reputation / Hiranthi Jayasingha. Philippines : A love of learning and teaching / Genoveva Smallwood. England : I've never looked back / Alan Holmes. Nepal : Roof of the world to the bottom of the world / Suman Poudel. Tonga : It was never in my mind to become a priest / Elenoa Mancini. Israel : A great experience / Ariel Rez. Sweden : If it hadn't been for tennis / Ingela Derlin. Chile/Holland : An immigrant's heart does hurt / Marisol Valenzuela-Dillon. Singapore : It was the year that I arrived in New Zealand.
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Introduction / Gail Thomas & Leanne McKenzie -- 1. Seeking a better life. South Africa : It would be perfect if it wasn't for the longing / Johann Schoonees. Scotland : The big shift / Alice Baird. Canada : The opportunity of a lifetime / Jon McDade. Korea : A better education / Ju-hee Yeo. Greece : Leaving my Greek island home / Rallou Keeley. Holland : Absolutely no regrets / Ellen Lijzenga. Taiwan : Learning ourselves through helping others / Paul Yen. Namibia : From Windhoek to Palmerston North / Marietjie Changuion. Samoa : A voice to be heard / Bernie Pereira. USA : As good as gold / Patrick Winters. India : Just hang in there / Sunila Wilson. Latvia : DEAFinitely my land / Victoria Igorevna Skorikova. Japan : Going against the flow / Yuki Kodama Kamiya -- 2. Fleeing war and persecution. Croatia : Foreigners in our own land / Sofia. Afghanistan : A miracle reunion / Ghulam. Chile : I had to leave my homeland / Eduardo Diaz. Kosova : A safe haven / Basrije Krasniqi. Ethiopia : Following my father to freedom / Biruktayet Alemayehu. Iraq : Iraqi nomads / Rose Joudi. Burma : The freedom to be myself / Ngam Nyein. Iran : Escape from Iran / Kourosh Nasheri. Somalia : The woman who wears the trousers / Amina Timayare. Kurdistan : A nation without a country / Abbas Ahmed -- 3. Moving to democracy and freedom. Vietnam : I had a dream when I was young / Hanh Pham. Zimbabwe : Much better than Zimbabwe / Kate Callard. Romania : A Transylvanian story / Eniko Burjan. Venezuela : A chance meeting / Omar Gonzalez Guedez. Russia : A new life / Mila. Iraq : Flight to the land of nations / Dr. Abdul Monem Nasser. Bangladesh : No man's land / Mia Dodson. China/Japan : Determined to be together / Ling Dong. Ukraine : I became speechless / Anya Filippochkina. Fiji : Feeling persecuted for my political beliefs / Ami Chand. China : Ling Juan's story / Jenny (Ling Juan) Wang -- 4. Following love and fate. Germany : New Zealand the right choice / Jutta Colwill. India : From Sarbon to the King Country / Leena Tailor. USA : Yes, I'm American / Jody Gorse. Ireland : Sailing to Paradise / Barbara MacFarlane Brown. Sri Lanka : As good as its reputation / Hiranthi Jayasingha. Philippines : A love of learning and teaching / Genoveva Smallwood. England : I've never looked back / Alan Holmes. Nepal : Roof of the world to the bottom of the world / Suman Poudel. Tonga : It was never in my mind to become a priest / Elenoa Mancini. Israel : A great experience / Ariel Rez. Sweden : If it hadn't been for tennis / Ingela Derlin. Chile/Holland : An immigrant's heart does hurt / Marisol Valenzuela-Dillon. Singapore : It was the year that I arrived in New Zealand.

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