The Future of Western Samoan Migration to New Zealand

1992 ◽  
Vol 1 (2) ◽  
pp. 313-332
Author(s):  
Leulu Felise Vaa
Keyword(s):  
New Zealand ◽  
Immigration Policy ◽  
Preferential Treatment ◽  
Costs And Benefits ◽  
Family Reunion ◽  
Western Samoa ◽  
The Future ◽  
Unskilled Workers ◽  
History Of ◽  
Service Sectors

The history of Samoan migration to New Zealand, a demographic profile of the migrants, and the future of such migration are discussed. Migration became a serious phenomenon after independence in 1962, with primarily young, unskilled workers moving to take up jobs in the agricultural and service sectors. Remaining essentially unchanged since 1962, New Zealand's immigration policy gives preferential treatment to Western Samoans and recognizes their valuable labor contribution. The future of migration to New Zealand is discussed in the context of the costs and benefits to Western Samoa. Contrary to some observers, the author argues that emigration has been beneficial rather than deleterious to Western Samoa's development and predicts the continuation of Samoan migration to New Zealand, Australia, United States and other countries, with increased emphasis on family reunion.

History of weta (Orthoptera: Anostostomatidae) translocation in New Zealand: lessons learned, islands as sanctuaries and the future

2008 ◽  
Vol 12 (3-4) ◽  
pp. 359-370 ◽  
Author(s):  
Corinne Watts ◽  
Ian Stringer ◽  
Greg Sherley ◽  
George Gibbs ◽  
Chris Green
Keyword(s):  
New Zealand ◽  
Lessons Learned ◽  
The Future ◽  
History Of

Delinquency and Bicultural Relations: Hunt for the Wilderpeople (Taika Waititi, 2016)

2018 ◽  
Author(s):  
Alistair Fox
Keyword(s):  
New Zealand ◽  
Race Relations ◽  
Symbolic Representation ◽  
The Future ◽  
Emotional Deprivation ◽  
History Of

This chapter shows how Taika Waititi’s Hunt for the Wilderpeople, the most successful New Zealand film to date, adopts similar stylistic methods as Waititi’s earlier hit, Boy, in order to address similar themes: the effect of emotional deprivation as a result of parental abandonment, and the search for love and family. Through a comparison with the source novel, Barry Crump’s Wild Pork and Watercress (1986), the analysis retraces the means by which Waititi converts a story involving individuals into a symbolic representation of the history of New Zealand race relations at large with the aim of proposing a fruitful way forward for the future.

scholarly journals Family Law – Solidarity or Disarray?

2019 ◽  
Vol 50 (2) ◽  
pp. 369
Author(s):  
Bill Atkin
Keyword(s):  
New Zealand ◽  
Poverty Reduction ◽  
Family Law ◽  
Child Poverty ◽  
Law Reform ◽  
Labour Law ◽  
The United Kingdom ◽  
Community Solidarity ◽  
The Future ◽  
History Of

Professor Gordon Anderson and labour law are synonymous in New Zealand. Gordon has provided a vision for the future of labour law. This article is offered in a similar spirit. It was prepared for a conference on "The Future of Family Law", held in Auckland on 20 September 2018 with distinguished guest, Lady Brenda Hale, President of the United Kingdom Supreme Court. The history of family law in New Zealand is full of remarkable landmarks. Many align with the rights of various groups: children, women, Māori, those with intellectual disabilities, LGBTI+ communities and abuse victims. If we dig deeper, we find that the various parts do not make a very coherent and harmonious whole. The law is tugged in different directions. This article draws on the concept of "family solidarity", refashioned for New Zealand purposes as "family and community solidarity". Could this help develop a unifying theme? Could it form the basis for future family law reform? Developments such as legislation on child poverty reduction, the Ministry for Children and relationship property law are briefly explored. 

scholarly journals A Forum on the Future of Australia’s NBN

2019 ◽  
Vol 7 (2) ◽  
pp. ii-v
Author(s):  
Mark A Gregory
Keyword(s):  
New Zealand ◽  
Digital Inclusion ◽  
Digital Inequality ◽  
Consumer Interest ◽  
Course Of Action ◽  
Broadband Network ◽  
The Future ◽  
History Of ◽  
The Government ◽  
Insight Into

The future of the $51 billion Australian National Broadband Network (NBN) remains unknown, with the Government still to commit to a course of action after the current build phase. Industry representatives have recently voiced their concerns about a potential future sale of the NBN and how this would occur. In response, the Telecommunications Association is hosting a public forum on the future of the NBN on 31 July 2019 at RMIT University. Papers in the June 2019 issue of the Journal include discussion on consumer interest in 5G in New Zealand, the history of Australian mail handling and technical papers covering a range of interesting topics. This month we include a paper titled Measuring Digital Inequality in Australia: the Australian Digital Inclusion Index that provides an important insight into digital inclusion. The Journal welcomes further contributions on telecommunications and the digital economy.

scholarly journals A Partial History of Futures Thinking in New Zealand

2018 ◽  
Vol 14 (1) ◽  
Author(s):  
Malcolm Menzies
Keyword(s):  
Decision Making ◽  
New Zealand ◽  
Crystal Ball ◽  
The Future ◽  
History Of ◽  
Policy Strategies

Futures Thinking offers ways of addressing, even helping to shape, the future; it is not about gazing into a crystal ball. It illuminates the ways that policy, strategies and actions can promote desirable futures and help prevent those we consider undesirable. It stimulates strategic dialogue, widens our understanding of the possible, strengthens leadership, and informs decision-making (OECD, 2017)

scholarly journals Looking back – looking forward? Institutional aspects of New Zealand approaches to nature conservation

2016 ◽  
Vol 12 (1) ◽  
Author(s):  
Hugh Logan
Keyword(s):  
Nature Conservation ◽  
New Zealand ◽  
Human Nature ◽  
The Future ◽  
Conservation Governance ◽  
History Of ◽  
Institutional Aspects ◽  
Looking Back

This issue of Policy Quarterly examines the issue of governing human-nature relationships for the future. This article aims to provide context by examining the history of how New Zealand’s institutions for nature conservation have developed. Some may argue about the strengths or weaknesses, effectiveness, efficiency or legitimacy of New Zealand’s conservation governance. But understanding what it is, and how it came about, provides a platform from which to look at the future.

Registering Interest

2003 ◽  
Author(s):  
James Reveley
Keyword(s):  
New Zealand ◽  
Maritime History ◽  
The Future ◽  
History Of ◽  
The Creation ◽  
Maritime Industries ◽  
Future Direction ◽  
The Relationship

This study is bookended by two major events in New Zealand’s maritime history. The first is the 1951 waterfront dispute that led to the dissolution of the Waterside Workers’ Union (WWU) and the creation of twenty-six port unions in its place. The second is a mirror event occuring in 2001, where a reconsitituted WWU and two other unions competed for members, leading to widespread protest. Though historians have treated the events leading up to 1951 with interest, little attention has been given to the fifty-year period between events, a history which this journal attempts to fill. Author James Reveley considers the following questions in his history of union-management interactions. Firstly, why employer prerogative did not increase after the 1951 dissolution of the WWU; second, how the unions regained power so quickly; and third, why the WWU’s substantial industrial power was so friable during the 1990s. The conclusion assesses the relationship between government and unions, and believes that union response when facing globalisation within maritime industries, which alliances they will form, for example, will have a significant impact on the future direction of maritime activity in New Zealand.

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