This report has presented the results of three research projects carried out in the
wider Southland region: interviews with household members about population
change; a survey of employers in the Dairying and Education sectors; and focus groups
with school leavers about their understandings of population change, ethnic diversity
and their hopes for the future.
Interviews with household members revealed three dominant viewpoints towards
population change, including increasing ethnic diversity in Southland. The majority of
residents shared the belief that ethnic diversity enriched the local community and was
intrinsically valuable for the region more broadly. Others were not particularly
concerned about ethnic diversity or population change but were more concerned with
the capacity of local Southlanders being free to move in order to follow education and
employment opportunities. The final viewpoint was primarily interested in the
changing nature of what it means to be a New Zealander. These participants were
open to New Zealand’s national identity changing in response to new social conditions.
- Creator: Trudie Cain, Robin Peace, Paul Spoonley, Paula Pereda, Pippa Vague and Chris Howard Massey University
- Language: English
- Publisher: NGA TANGATA OHO MAIRANGI
- Year: 2017-02-15
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