Conversations With My Immigrant Parents
A Tongan father and son talk about bisexuality and being a good dad
"For me, the biggest thing is just to have you as a dad, there all the time."
A Vietnamese mother on finding home in her twin daughters
Hương fell pregnant at 20, but she didn’t know it was twins until it was time to push.
The joy and pain Ōtautahi has brought a Pakistani family
“I started wearing the hijab because I felt proud showing that I was Muslim after 15th of March."
Growing up Black and Brazilian in Gisborne
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A Palestinian whānau on land, sovereignty and Shortland Street.
"We are loud and we are proud to be Palestinian.”
Fleeing Iran as a teenager was easier than parenting
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How an Indian-Māori whānau balance between their cultures | Conversations With My Immigrant Parents
“Indian person running the marae - some people they make a laugh of it.”
Arriving from Fiji, newly-wed Halima Stewart headed straight to Tapu Te Ranga Marae…
A Filipino solo dad and his daughter talk parenthood and life with grief | Conversations With My…
Content warning: This episode refers to mental health, grief, and death.
"There were no parents' rooms back then; there were only mothers' rooms."
In Kirikiriroa, a Filipino solo…
A Sri Lankan family talks about guilt, obligation, and what freedom really means | Conversations…
“I think there is this misunderstanding that some people have about what staying at home with your parents indicates. I think in Sri Lankan culture it…
Judah, Tafara, and Pako: Not Your White Boy | Conversations With My Immigrant Parents
“Not getting a job doesn’t surprise me, I feel like racism plays a part in that. I’ve been looking for work for the last ten years,…
A Zimbabwean mum, dad and daughter interrogate colonial tools in New Zealand
“The future of countries like Zimbabwe lies in the hands of the diaspora child.”
Amos Muzondiwa reflects with his wife Nyembezi and daughter Takunda on their two…
The intergenerational trauma of war
Mom Meng came to Aotearoa in 1979 as a refugee from Cambodia. After spending two years in a refugee camp, she arrived in New Zealand with…
Being a brown family entering white spaces
The Solomons were a brown family on a predominantly white street in Auckland’s North Shore - “the best street in Birkdale”. There, they experienced the kind…
A Korean mum and daughter talk about divorce
Does getting a divorce mean you failed? For Bokyong Mun, her parents’ divorce made perfect sense, and she’s glad they were brave enough to do it.…
What We Learn When We Talk With Our Immigrant Parents
The creators behind Conversations With My Immigrant Parents got to sit in on funny, moving, and poignant conversations between parents and children throughout Aotearoa. What did…
How a mum and son live out their Muslim faith in New Zealand
As a Muslim kid, how do you deal when one of your friends makes a “terrorist” joke? 13 year old Aliyaan says, “Just because I’m Muslim…
A family discusses their "white-passing" immigrant experiences
Francisco Blaha is as immigrant as they get. "I jump off a boat, literally," he says. He grew up amongst street violence in Argentina, with expectations…
Being gay, Filipino and going to Catholic church in the Hawke's Bay
"There are so many gay Filipinos in church," says Joseph Trinidad. He and his family immigrated to New Zealand more than a decade ago, and have helped…
A mum and daughter ask: what does it mean to be a "proper Tongan girl"?
"Our girls, we have to make sure they stay a virgin." Kesaia's mum Liliani wanted to raise her in New Zealand as a "proper Tongan girl".…