conducted with Asian people corroborates this finding. The following sections will first summarise the discrimination that Asian people have reported experiencing in public places, and second will review the reports on the barriers Asians face in gaining equal access to employment based on their ethnicity. Source: Department of Labour, 2009 2. Harassment in Public Many publications have been released in New Zealand that provide anecdotal accounts of harassment experienced by Asian people in public places. This usually takes the form of racist epithets uttered by passers-by or in more extreme form by having eggs thrown at them on street corners or drinks spilled on them at bars. The following sections review the literature on harassment towards Asian people and provide direct quotes describing their experiences where possible. 2.1 Korean Experiences in Christchurch and Auckland Thirty-six Korean migrants were interviewed about their experiences in Christchurch, and nearly all of them reported having been on the receiving end of some harassment since they arrived in the city. There were many reports of verbal abuse, including the oft-uttered sentiment of “go back where you came from”. The more physical abuse included eggs and stones being thrown at them or their cars. They reported that most (but not all) of the harassment was inflicted on them by teenagers. One woman told the interviewers that she would go for daily walks and be harassed every other day: “They used their middle finger and used the f-word and … like Asian bitch, like that, those kind of things. Always are horrid, whenever I walk.” 7