Precarity : uncertain, insecure and unequal lives in Aotearoa New Zealand / edited by Shiloh Groot, Clifford van Ommen, Bridgette Masters-Awatere and Natasha Tassell-Matamua.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Part 1. Selling snake oil -- Introduction -- A statistical portrait of the New Zealand precariat -- From working poverty to sustainable livelihood: What can applied psychology offer? -- Media depictions of precarious work within neoliberal capitalism: The New Zealand experience -- Penal welfare: What it does, and why we should change it -- When dollar loaves are all you have: Experiences of food insecurity in Hamilton, New Zealand -- Out of the pan into the fire : precariousness among women and children escaping domestic violence -- Older people, inequalities and the lessons of universality -- Part 2. Native disruption Māori and the precariat -- Introduction -- The Māoriprecariat : a silhouette -- How Māori precariat families navigate social services -- Reproducing the precarious position of young Māori mothers in Aotearoa New Zealand -- A game of slides and ladders : Māori health providers and funders -- I'm Tangata Whenua and I'm still here : Māori youth homelessness -- Part 3. Arrivals past and present -- Introduction -- Can I have a decent job? The labour market experiences of non-european immigrants -- Crossroads : experiencing Samoan bereavement paradigms as an Afakasi Samoan -- Pasifika women affected by domestic violence : the case of Teuila -- Occupational justice : Samoan trans(gender) women -- Precarious refuge : a converstaion with Abann Kamyay Ajak Yor -- Performing the precariat : acting for asylum seekers and refugees in Aotearoa New Zealand -- Conclusion : towars building an equitable society.

This important book moves beyond the world of labour to identify and illustrate other forms of precarity in New Zealand, including the lack of opportunities for cultural expression and the struggle to be safe. It focuses on New Zealand's emerging class not to further vilify it but rather to place its members' lived experience in plain sight.