Spoonley, Paul,

Welcome to our world? : immigration and the reshaping of New Zealand / Paul Spoonley & Richard Bedford. - 325 pages ; 24 cm

"The book outlines immigration flows from the 1960 but primarily explores the shift from UK and Irish immigration to immigration from the Pacific and now primarily from Asia"--Publisher information. "The book outlines immigration flows from the 1960 but primarily explores the shift from UK and Irish immigration to immigration to immigration from the Pacific and now primarily from Asia"--Publisher information.

Includes bibliographical references (pages 293-319) and index.

Introduction: immigration and the making of New Zealand -- Immigration and nation-building: a colonial project -- New Zealand's contemporary migration system -- Asian peoples: an expanding Pacific rim presence -- Pacific peoples: re-connecting to the Pacific -- Refugees: humanitarian immigrants -- The economics of immigration: costs and benefits -- Framing new settlers: how immigrants are perceived in New Zealand -- Migrant spaces and places -- Immigration in the twenty-first century.

1927212006 9781927212004


Immigrants--New Zealand


New Zealand--Emigration and immigration

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