The Integration of Immigrants Programme is a five year research programme led by a multi-disciplinary team of researchers from Massey University and the University of Waikato and funded by the Ministry of Science and Innovation.
Immigrants are a vital aspect of New Zealand’s future. Their successful integration into our economy and society is of critical importance both to their personal experience of settlement and to the wellbeing of New Zealand as a whole. This programme explores how immigrant employees and business owners utilise their skills and experience as they settle in New Zealand.
The research combines leading edge conceptual and methodological approaches, both quantitative and qualitative, to better understand the economic integration of immigrants into New Zealand society.
Richard Bedford - Migration, urbanisation and new diaspora
In this paper, the content of which was presented at the annual IIP Pathways, Circuits and Crossroads Conference, Professor Richard Bedford reflects on the Pacific's future migration patterns.
...click here to view pdfResearch Report: Bakkie, Braai and Boerewors: South African Employers and Employees in Auckland and Hamilton
Click below to access the PDF of an IIP report examining the economic outcomes and experiences of employers and employees who have migrated from South Africa and settled in Auckland or Hamilton. Our research shows that a safer environment and a more relaxed lifestyle were significant drawcards for many of our participants.
...click here to view pdfResearch Report - Bangers 'n' Mash: British Employers and Employees in Auckland and Hamilton
The IIP's latest report examines the experiences of United Kingdom-born immigrants to Auckland and Hamilton. Our research paints a picture of relative financial prosperity for British migrants with little downward occupational mobility on arrival in New Zealand. However, social and economic expectations are not always fully realised.
...click here to view pdfJournal article - Bamboo Networks: Chinese Business Owners and Co-Ethnic Networks in Auckland, New Zealand
IIP's latest article explores the networks Chinese business owners rely on as they establish and maintain their businesses. The article appears in the Journal of Chinese Overseas.
...click here to view pdfPress release - Namaste New Zealand
The latest Massey University press release on IIP's most recent report: Namaste New Zealand.
...click here to view pdfResearch Report - Namaste New Zealand: Indian Employers and Employees in Auckland
The IIP's latest report examines the experiences of India-born immigrants to Auckland, New Zealand. The report shows that many of our interviewees chose to migrate to New Zealand for 'lifestyle' reaons: in order to enjoy a higher standard of living; to better educate their children; and to live in a clean, safe environment.
...click here to view pdf
Registrations are now closed for the 2011 Pathways, Circuits and Crossroads Conference
The annual Pathways, Circuits and Crossroads Conference, will be held on the 12 and 13 December at City Gallery, Civic Square, Wellington. Co-hosted by the Integration of Immigrants Programme (Massey University / University of Waikato) and the Department of Labour, this event provides the opportunity to explore the changing nature of immigration in New Zealand...find out more
...click here to view pdfResearch Report - The Transformation of Immigrant Communities: The Case of Dutch Kiwis
Our latest research report is co-authored by IIP's Jacques Poot and Amsterdam-based Suzan van der Pas. The report explores the dynamics of the Dutch community in New Zealand since 1950.
...click here to view pdfProfessor Paul Spoonley on TV1's Closeup
An interview on TV1's Closeup with Professor Paul Spoonley addressing the development of ethnic precincts in Dominion Road, Auckland.
...click here to view websiteResearch Report - Half Way House: The Dominion Road Ethnic Precinct
Our latest research report focuses on the development of Dominion Road, Auckland as a distinct ethnic precinct over the past 20 years.
...click here to view pdfPapers presented at the 2010 Pathways, Circuits and Crossroads Conference are now available
Papers presented at the annual Pathways, Circuits and Crossroads Conference held on 6 and 7 December in Wellington are now available. Either see links below this news section or click through here to the Pathways Conference section
Professor Richard Bedford was awarded the 2010 Dame Joan Metge Medal by the Royal Society of New Zealand
Professor Bedford received this prestigious social science award 'for his landmark research on migration in the Asia-Pacific region and his inspiring role as a strategic and influential institution builder making possible new, vibrant and vital directions in New Zealand social science'.
...click here to view websiteJacques Poot and Steven Stillman win inaugural Statistics New Zealand Prize
Jacques Poot and Steven Stillman’s conference paper, “The importance of heterogeneity when examining immigrant education-occupation mismatch: evidence from New Zealand” was awarded the inaugural Statistics New Zealand Prize for the best conference paper using official statistics. This research will soon be available as an IIP working paper.
Research Report - 'Kimchi Networks: Korean Employers and Employees in Auckland'
Our latest research report focuses on the experiences of Korean employers and employees in Auckland. Many of our participants found the settlement process challenging and turned to family, friends and Korean Christian churches for support and information.
...click here to view pdfResearch Report - 'Bamboo Networks: Chinese Employers and Employees in Auckland'
The findings from the research suggest that many of the participants chose to live in New Zealand because of the lifestyle the country offers: a clean, green environment and the possibility of a better future for their children but many are instead finding that their life here is tougher than the one they left behind. ...click here to view pdf
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