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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.

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    • May 7, 2023 LATEST EPISODE
    • every other week NEW EPISODES
    • 38m AVG DURATION
    • 27 EPISODES


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    Episode 6: None Of Us Know - Conversations With My Immigrant Parents S3

    Play Episode Listen Later May 7, 2023 53:05


    Both Mahe and his dad Tui were raised by their Tongan grandmothers. In the last episode of the series, father and son discuss namesakes, queerness, and parenting through fear and uncertainty.

    Episode 5 [English Dub]: Crying From Up In The Sky - Conversations With My Immigrant Parents S3

    Play Episode Listen Later Apr 30, 2023 34:25


    [English Dub] Hương fell pregnant at 20, but she didn't know it was twins until it was time to push. In this bilingual episode, she talks with her daughters Hà and Ly about dependence, marriage, and homecomings.

    Episode 5 [Vietnamese]: Crying From Up In The Sky - Conversations With My Immigrant Parents S3

    Play Episode Listen Later Apr 30, 2023 34:26


    [Vietnamese] Hương fell pregnant at 20, but she didn't know it was twins until it was time to push. In this bilingual episode, she talks with her daughters Hà and Ly about dependence, marriage, and homecomings.

    Episode 4: Mama Is More Stronger - Conversations With My Immigrant Parents S3

    Play Episode Listen Later Apr 23, 2023 42:00


    Tooba and her husband Habib chat with their teens about community and strength in Ōtautahi, a place that has been both a source of immense grief and love since they arrived in 2007 from Pakistan.

    Episode 3: (I Need To) Put More Water In My Beans - Conversations With My Immigrant Parents S3

    Play Episode Listen Later Apr 16, 2023 47:25


    In Tūranganui-a-Kiwa, Mara and Beto learn how their son Jamil found out about the birds and the bees in Brazil while their kids talk about growing up Black in Gisborne, and having DJs for parents.

    Episode 2: Representation Matters - Conversations With My Immigrant Parents S3

    Play Episode Listen Later Apr 9, 2023 43:39


    Palestine is where the heart is for father Sameer and his daughters Wajd and Shahd. The family discuss the difficulties returning home, sisterhood, and what they learnt from Shortland Street.

    Episode 1: Little Pomegranate Tree - Conversations With My Immigrant Parents S3

    Play Episode Listen Later Apr 2, 2023 45:12


    Adel escaped religious persecution in Iran as a teenager. He talks with his wife Maxine and daughter Carmel about language, whakapapa, plane rides, and the privilege of putting art first.

    Conversations With My Immigrant Parents | Series 3 | Trailer

    Play Episode Listen Later Mar 20, 2023 0:35


    NEW SERIES 3rd APRIL, 2023. Immigrant whānau across Aotearoa have frank conversations covering love, ancestry, home, food, expectation & acceptance.

    Season 3: Register your interest - Conversations With My Immigrant Parents S3

    Play Episode Listen Later Mar 8, 2022 0:39


    Callout for interviewees for Season 3. By focusing on interpersonal relationships, this podcast demystifies the immigrant experience and brings previously unheard voices into the mainstream.

    Episode 8: Something Far Greater Than This - Conversations With My Immigrant Parents S2

    Play Episode Listen Later Apr 28, 2021 43:47


    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.

    Episode 7: Homesick on the Marae - Conversations With My Immigrant Parents S2

    Play Episode Listen Later Apr 21, 2021 46:17


    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.

    Episode 6: My Dad is My Mum - Conversations With My Immigrant Parents S2

    Play Episode Listen Later Apr 14, 2021 50:23


    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.

    Episode 5: Side by Side - Conversations With My Immigrant Parents S2

    Play Episode Listen Later Apr 7, 2021 50:28


    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.

    Episode 4: Red Chicken With the Big Wings - Conversations With My Immigrant Parents S2

    Play Episode Listen Later Mar 31, 2021 34:35


    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.

    Episode 3: VIP - Conversations With My Immigrant Parents S2

    Play Episode Listen Later Mar 24, 2021 44:43


    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.

    Episode 2: Independence Is Great But It’s Not All It’s Cracked Up To Be - Conversations With My Immigrant Parents S2

    Play Episode Listen Later Mar 23, 2021 40:28


    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.

    Episode 1: Not Your White Boy - Conversations With My Immigrant Parents S2

    Play Episode Listen Later Mar 10, 2021 50:36


    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.

    Episode 9: We Can’t Speak the Same Language - Conversations With My Immigrant Parents

    Play Episode Listen Later Jan 9, 2020 60:25


    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.

    Episode 8: Nothing Other than Beauty and Hope - Conversations With My Immigrant Parents

    Play Episode Listen Later Jan 9, 2020 41:04


    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.

    Episode 7: Sucking on Chicken Feet - Conversations With My Immigrant Parents

    Play Episode Listen Later Jan 9, 2020 42:46


    Ty Meng’s parents escaped the Cambodian genocide and went on to raise five children in Lower Hutt.  Three generations of the Meng family consider how their family’s history lingers in the present.

    Episode 6: The Best Street in Birkdale - Conversations With My Immigrant Parents

    Play Episode Listen Later Dec 19, 2019 41:13


    The Solomons thought leaving South Africa meant leaving entrenched white supremacy.  They discuss how much of this they still found in NZ, and what they are learning about gender and queerness.

    Episode 5: Actually I’m Korean - Conversations With My Immigrant Parents

    Play Episode Listen Later Dec 19, 2019 34:19


    Sue left Korea with one life in mind but ended up with something very different.  Mum and daughter Bokyong talk divorce, starting over, and why rural towns can be kinder to immigrants than the city.

    Episode 4: It Was Clearly a Joke - Conversations With My Immigrant Parents

    Play Episode Listen Later Dec 19, 2019 31:33


    Aliyaan, 13, and his mum Masooma are Pakistani Muslims living in East Tāmaki. They discuss being a migrant kid, the March 15 terrorist attack and how their lives have and haven’t changed.

    Episode 3: Argumentative is an English Concept - Conversations With My Immigrant Parents

    Play Episode Listen Later Dec 15, 2019 43:34


    Francisco and Vibeke are parents to teenagers who regularly switch between Argentinian/Dutch cultures. They talk about why coming from different countries means navigating more than just language.

    Episode 2: Really Nice Potato Sacks - Conversations With My Immigrant Parents

    Play Episode Listen Later Dec 8, 2019 42:48


    Joseph and Grace Trinidad talk about making their “own little Philippines” in the Hawke’s Bay, why Filipinos love competition, and what it means to be both queer and Catholic in 2019.

    Episode 1: A Dress and a Cardigan for Mele - Conversations With My Immigrant Parents

    Play Episode Listen Later Dec 1, 2019 44:57


    In Tūranganui-a-Kiwa, Tongan grandmother Liliani and her daughter Kesaia find that even though they talk every day on the phone (and have for 17 years), they have more in common than they thought.

    Trailer: Conversations With My Immigrant Parents on RNZ.co.nz

    Play Episode Listen Later Nov 17, 2019 1:05


    Immigrant whanau across Aotearoa have frank conversations covering love, ancestry, home, food, expectation, and acceptance.

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