Kinship Ties and the Preferred Adaptive Strategies of Urban Migrants11The original research reported in this chapter was conducted under a grant tendered by the Vocational Training Council, Government of New Zealand, to the Polynesian Advisory Committee and the Department of Management Studies, University of Auckland. Their support throughout this work is acknowledged with appreciation. The authors also want to thank the Center for Advanced Study in the Behavioral Sciences, Stanford, California, and the National Science Foundation (BNS–76–22943) for providing a fellowship year (1977–1978) during which the more general implications of this work could be considered. The Center for South Pacific Studies, University of California at Santa Cruz, and the South Pacific Research Institute, Auckland, New Zealand, have also provided office space and logistical support during this work.