scholarly journals New Zealand's 'overstaying Islander' : a construct of the ideology of 'race' and immigration

2021 ◽  
Author(s):  
◽  
Tamara Brigid Ross
Keyword(s):  
New Zealand ◽  
Pacific Islanders ◽  
General Election ◽  
Pacific Island ◽  
Negative Stereotypes ◽  
Historical Process ◽  
The Future

<p>This thesis examines the development of a 'race'/immigration ideology within New Zealand and attempts to explore the processes through which this ideology has expressed and reproduced itself in New Zealand's past. In order to determine this process, this thesis analyses, as a case study, the causes, patterns and consequences of the politicisation of Pacific Island immigrants in New Zealand during the 1970s. Pacific Island immigrants were negatively categorised according to traditional New Zealand beliefs about 'race' and the immigration of 'alien' peoples, and the stereotypes that arose out of this process justified racist immigration campaigns in the 1970s. The targeting of Pacific Island migrants through these immigration campaigns, and the deliberate scapegoating of Pacific Islanders in the 1975 general election, compounded and entrenched existing negative stereotypes thereby justifying the further politicisation of Islanders in the 1980s. It is argued that this historical process needs to be understood as the outcome, among other things, of the 'race'/immigration ideology. Furthermore, it is demonstrated that the politicisation of Pacific Islanders during this period was but part of a cycle in a larger process of the generation and reproduction of racism. While the 'race'/immigration ideology is analysed here with Pacific Islanders The historical campaigns against Pacific Islanders are examined in detail so as to illuminate the broader process of racialisation in New Zealand's past, and to explore the possible form that the 'race'/immigration ideology may assume both in the present and in the future.</p>

scholarly journals New Zealand's 'overstaying Islander' : a construct of the ideology of 'race' and immigration

2021 ◽  
Author(s):  
◽  
Tamara Brigid Ross
Keyword(s):  
New Zealand ◽  
Pacific Islanders ◽  
General Election ◽  
Pacific Island ◽  
Negative Stereotypes ◽  
Historical Process ◽  
The Future

<p>This thesis examines the development of a 'race'/immigration ideology within New Zealand and attempts to explore the processes through which this ideology has expressed and reproduced itself in New Zealand's past. In order to determine this process, this thesis analyses, as a case study, the causes, patterns and consequences of the politicisation of Pacific Island immigrants in New Zealand during the 1970s. Pacific Island immigrants were negatively categorised according to traditional New Zealand beliefs about 'race' and the immigration of 'alien' peoples, and the stereotypes that arose out of this process justified racist immigration campaigns in the 1970s. The targeting of Pacific Island migrants through these immigration campaigns, and the deliberate scapegoating of Pacific Islanders in the 1975 general election, compounded and entrenched existing negative stereotypes thereby justifying the further politicisation of Islanders in the 1980s. It is argued that this historical process needs to be understood as the outcome, among other things, of the 'race'/immigration ideology. Furthermore, it is demonstrated that the politicisation of Pacific Islanders during this period was but part of a cycle in a larger process of the generation and reproduction of racism. While the 'race'/immigration ideology is analysed here with Pacific Islanders The historical campaigns against Pacific Islanders are examined in detail so as to illuminate the broader process of racialisation in New Zealand's past, and to explore the possible form that the 'race'/immigration ideology may assume both in the present and in the future.</p>

scholarly journals The construction of a national Maori identity by Maori media

2003 ◽  
Vol 9 (1) ◽  
pp. 45-58 ◽  
Author(s):  
Ian Stuart
Keyword(s):  
New Zealand ◽  
The State ◽  
Practical Case ◽  
Ernesto Laclau ◽  
Important Development ◽  
Chantal Mouffe ◽  
The Future

This article discusses the Maori construction of a national Maori identity by the Maori media, and by Maori radio in particular. It then suggests that this is creating a Maori nation within the state of New Zealand. This is an important development for Maori and for the future of New Zealand society. The article suggests that Maori are creating a fully developed identity as required by the radical democratic theories of Ernesto Laclau and Chantal Mouffe, and, as such, will provide a practical case study of their theories. 

scholarly journals Navigating the Coalface: Religion, State, Pacific Communities and Family Violence in New Zealand

2021 ◽  
Author(s):  
◽  
Jake Searell
Keyword(s):  
New Zealand ◽  
Social Welfare ◽  
Family Violence ◽  
Justice System ◽  
Pacific Islanders ◽  
Pacific Island ◽  
Pragmatic Approach ◽  
Policy Documents ◽  
Faith Based ◽  
State Interventions

<p>This thesis examines how the New Zealand state (e.g. government ministries and departments, government-funded social welfare NGOs, and the justice system) engages with religion as it addresses issues of family violence within Pacific Island communitiesin New Zealand. In so doing, I trace the contours of an amorphous New Zealand state secularism. Through an analysis of policy documents, I show that religion has been largely occluded instatefamily violence initiatives. However, through interviews with Pacific Islanders who work at the coalface between the state, Pacific communities,and family violence issues, I show that while they do encounter an implicit and pervasive ‘wall of separation’ between the secular and the religious, they have also found ways to navigate these boundaries through their own strategies. Such strategies are both inevitable and necessary. Because religion is interwoven with family violence in Pacific communitiesin nuanced ways, I argue that sidelining or ignoring religion reduces the effectiveness of state interventions. I show that secularism, expressed in relation to family violence in Pacific communities, has further marginalised those communities, and Pacific women especially. Instead, I propose a more pragmatic approach, one which seeks to address Pacific communities more fully on their own terms. If the New Zealand state wants to successfully engage Pacific communities on issues of family violence, and work toward solutions to these issues, it must also collaborate alongside Pacific churches and faith-based actors.</p>

In conversation with Stallone Vaiaoga-Ioasa

2021 ◽  
Vol 9 (2) ◽  
pp. 231-242
Author(s):  
Stallone Vaiaoga-Ioasa ◽  
Sarina Pearson
Keyword(s):  
New Zealand ◽  
Status Quo ◽  
Pacific Island ◽  
Publicly Funded ◽  
Market Conditions ◽  
Feature Film ◽  
Geographically Dispersed ◽  
Aotearoa New Zealand ◽  
The World ◽  
The Future

Becoming a feature film director is a privilege available to only a handful of people, no matter where in the world they live. In Oceania, access to filmmaking is arguably more constrained because the market conditions under which commercial films are produced do not favour small, geographically dispersed and linguistically distinct communities. Opportunities to make publicly funded, critically acclaimed Pacific films in metropolitan centres like Aotearoa New Zealand are vanishingly small. Often when they are made, these ‘art house’ Pacific films primarily appeal to audiences outside of the communities in which they are set. Stallone Vaiaoga-Ioasa has challenged this status quo by pioneering a mode of populist commercial filmmaking for Samoan (and other Pacific Island) audiences in the islands and across the diaspora. His commitment to making entertainment that is relevant to and reflects contemporary Samoan culture has been remarkable. On the eve of Vaiaoga-Ioasa’s fourth feature film release, filmmaker/academic Sarina Pearson sat down with him to talk about how he developed the ‘Stallone model’, the films he has made, and his plans for the future.

Talking in a Crowded Room: Political Blogging during the 2008 New Zealand General Election

2012 ◽  
Vol 144 (1) ◽  
pp. 108-117 ◽  
Author(s):  
Kane Hopkins ◽  
Donald Matheson
Keyword(s):  
Content Analysis ◽  
New Zealand ◽  
Public Life ◽  
Public Affairs ◽  
General Election ◽  
Political Discussion ◽  
Political Blogs ◽  
Significant Growth

This article analyses two of New Zealand's foremost political blogs on public affairs in the four weeks prior to the 2008 New Zealand general election. The 2008 election represents, we argue, a moment when the scale and reach of blogging propelled it to a position of significance in New Zealand media. The study uses content analysis to track the material posted on these blogs and in their comments sections. It is concerned primarily with quantifying the kind of debate to be found there and, through that, analysing how these blogs contribute to the quality of public life. The findings show that while a small number of blogs dominate, one blog's comments section has seen significant growth in the number of individual commenters participating in political discussion. It therefore stands as a useful case study of how blogging has found a place within this country's mediated politics.

To sell or not to sell; that is the question? Stakeholders’ supremacy in the New Zealand electricity industry

2014 ◽  
Vol 20 (3) ◽  
pp. 410-414 ◽  
Author(s):  
Hafsa Ahmed ◽  
Michaela Balzarova ◽  
David A Cohen
Keyword(s):  
New Zealand ◽  
Electricity Industry ◽  
Stakeholder Group ◽  
The Future

AbstractThe New Zealand electricity industry is not new to change. However, decision of the New Zealand government to implement a Mixed Ownership Model have resulted in commotion. Stakeholders have reacted and one powerful stakeholder group had the potential to stop the sale of state assets. In this case study we examine how different stakeholders have responded as the future of the New Zealand electricity industry remains uncertain.

Twenty years on: Poverty and hardship in urban Fiji

2012 ◽  
Vol 168 (2-3) ◽  
pp. 195-218 ◽  
Author(s):  
Jenny Bryant-Tokalau
Keyword(s):  
New Zealand ◽  
Pacific Island ◽  
Official Statistics ◽  
Limited Access ◽  
The Past ◽  
Traditional Institutions ◽  
Pacific Island Countries

Through ‘official statistics’, academic and donor interpretations as well as the eyes of Suva residents, this paper presents an overview and case study of twenty years of growing poverty and hardship in the contemporary Pacific. Focusing on the past two decades, the paper notes how much, and yet so little, has changed for those attempting to make a living in the rapidly developing towns and cities. Changing interpretations of poverty and hardship are presented, moving from the ‘no such thing’ view, to simplification, and finally to an understanding that Pacific island countries, especially Fiji, are no longer an ‘extension’ of Australia and New Zealand, but independent nations actively trying to find solutions to their issues of economic, social and political hardship whilst facing challenges to traditional institutions and networks. Fiji is in some respects a very particular case as almost half of the population has limited access to secure land, but the very nature of that vulnerability to hardship and poverty holds useful lessons for wider analysis.

A Swedish Perspective on Foreign Election Interference

2021 ◽  
pp. 139-162
Author(s):  
Alicia Fjällhed ◽  
James Pamment ◽  
Sebastian Bay
Keyword(s):  
International Community ◽  
Lessons Learned ◽  
General Election ◽  
Top Down ◽  
Bottom Up ◽  
The Future ◽  
Swedish Society ◽  
Regulatory Approach ◽  
Societal Resilience

This chapter focuses on the Swedish approach for safeguarding electoral processes, using the experience from its 2018 elections as a case study. Sweden serves as a particularly interesting example due to the measures it took ahead of its 2018 election, especially its strategy of bottom-up initiatives that emphasize building societal resilience rather than a top-down government regulatory approach. By exploring the characteristics of Swedish society and the implications of Swedish efforts made prior to the 2018 general election, the chapter presents suggestions for how these insights might help other state and nonstate actors within the international community develop similar countering strategies for foreign election interference, while also addressing the dilemmas facing such an approach. The chapter concludes by discussing lessons learned and the challenges facing government authorities seeking to employ similar strategies in the future to counter foreign election interference in Sweden or abroad.

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