RNZ: Conversations With My Immigrant Parents
RNZ: Conversations With My Immigrant Parents
RNZ
Immigrant whānau across Aotearoa have frank conversations covering love, ancestry, home, food, expectation, and acceptance. Made possible by the RNZ/NZ On Air Innovation Fund.
Episode 8: Something Far Greater Than This - Conversations With My Immigrant Parents S2
How do we search for something we’ve never seen? The last episode of the series sees the Arif whānau reflect on their years in Aotearoa and dream of a better future.
Apr 28, 2021
43 min
Episode 7: Homesick on the Marae - Conversations With My Immigrant Parents S2
Arriving from Fiji, newlywed Halima Stewart headed straight to Tapu Te Ranga Marae where she raised three kids with husband Bruce. She talks with her two youngest about navigating different cultures.
Apr 21, 2021
46 min
Episode 6: My Dad is My Mum - Conversations With My Immigrant Parents S2
In Kirikiriroa, Donally and her father Alfredo discuss parenting that contradicts society’s expectations, how Filipino men are expected to ‘get on with it’, and life after tremendous grief.
Apr 14, 2021
50 min
Episode 5: Side by Side - Conversations With My Immigrant Parents S2
Sisters Avi and Eva sit down with their daughters and talk about white men who travel to Indonesia, the fetishisation of Asian women, and leading parallel lives in Whangārei.
Apr 7, 2021
50 min
Episode 4: Red Chicken With the Big Wings - Conversations With My Immigrant Parents S2
It took Juliana eight long years to gain residency after moving here from Brazil. She and her mum Nadmea discuss New Zealand’s immigration system, second chances, and Tinder-ing in your 50s.
Mar 31, 2021
34 min
Episode 3: VIP - Conversations With My Immigrant Parents S2
After four years studying in Dunedin, Alby has just moved back in with his mum Lina in Naenae. The two of them discuss Lina’s career, Alby’s grief, and who our lives are lived for.
Mar 24, 2021
44 min
Episode 2: Independence Is Great But It’s Not All It’s Cracked Up To Be - Conversations With My Immigrant Parents S2
When 11-year-old Anique left Sri Lanka she thought it'd be temporary. Almost two decades later she talks with brother Navin and mum Sushani about guilt, obligation, and what freedom really means.
Mar 23, 2021
40 min
Episode 1: Not Your White Boy - Conversations With My Immigrant Parents S2
From Botswana to Nelson to Pōneke, Judah and his sons Tafara and Pako have experienced multiple communities. They talk about fruit picking, single dad life, and dreams in different languages.
Mar 10, 2021
50 min
Episode 9: We Can’t Speak the Same Language - Conversations With My Immigrant Parents
In this “bonus” episode of the podcast no one asked for, co-producers and hosts Saraid and Julie talk to their own mums, who hail from Sri Lanka and China respectively.
Jan 9, 2020
1 hr
Episode 8: Nothing Other than Beauty and Hope - Conversations With My Immigrant Parents
The Muzondiwa family left Zimbabwe at a time when it was difficult to buy even bread.  They talk colonisation in Africa and Aotearoa, and whether finding a “true” cultural identity is possible.
Jan 9, 2020
41 min
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