In this part of the country, more than 200,000 cows are milked, fed and cared for each day by Kiwis, as well as by a growing group of skilled migrants.
Mark Sanders (above left) owns a small cabinetmaking business and says that he considers himself fortunate to have a former refugee working for him.
Senait Hailahariam arrived in New Zealand as a refugee from Eritrea three years ago.
When Xing Mao arrived in New Zealand twelve years ago, she was not a confident English speaker.
Newly accepted police recruit Chris Byun credits perseverance and patience as the secret ingredients to gaining entry into the New Zealand Police Force.
Antonio Claridad, Felix Rodiano and Anthony Caintic agree New Zealand offers a wealth of work opportunities…
Fruit is highly valued: it was rare in the Thai refugee camp where NooZeRaBi Ba Lie and her family spent 10 years…
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“Since the programme, my boys are a lot more out there,” says Rose Mauava, operations manager at Freshmax.
When Nikolai Chipizhin moved to New Zealand with his daughter and son-in-law in 1998, he knew next-to no English.
What makes a family pack up their lives in Taiwan and move to Hamilton, New Zealand?
Serving up delicious meals at Little India in Wellington is something Shrinand feels confident about.
Before arriving from Thailand, Nopphawan Young, now living in Levin, knew little English.
“Selamawit’s soups are famous across Wellington,” says Commonsense Organics co-owner Marion Wood.
When Matias Cassineri and Maria Beatriz (Beti) Spaccarotelli arrived in New Zealand from Argentina, they began a journey.
Mu Lar Pan spent 8 days barefoot and on the run with her husband and small children after they escaped Burma’s oppressive regime in the 1980s.
My name is Gulchehra Bawari. I am from Afghanistan. My first Language is Dari and I speak Hindi, Urdu and English.
There’s plenty of good-natured communicating going on in a small room on the third floor of the Science Alive!…
Their journey now centres on easing each other through smaller steps. Each step feeding into larger and more long-term…
You now are stuck at your ‘campsite’. Not just for a few weeks, but for years. And you’re sharing the campsite on a…
On 26 August 2001, the Norwegian cargo ship Tampa responded to a distress call issued by the Australian Rescue Coordination Centre.
Initially, Kiwi idiosyncrasies and language baffled Laura. "Kiwis talk fast and I wasn't familiar with their expression…
Maria Work and Re Ber Paw Sein forged a dream partnership. Re Ber arrived in Palmerston North five years ago…
