One day a group of teenagers began throwing stones at her and simply laughed when she confronted them. This experience was similar to that of a dairy-owner who reported that teenagers would throw eggs and stones through the open door of his dairy. He found this very stressful and ended up selling the establishment, listing the harassment as one of the reasons for doing so. The migrants explained that they Source: Asia:NZ Foundation thought the harassment and discrimination they experienced was at the hands of low-class and less educated New Zealanders who were perhaps ignorant about people from other cultures. They believed it to occur more at an individual level rather than a societal one (Chang, Morris & Vokes, 2006). Korean migrants in Auckland reported very similar experiences of discrimination and harassment. They faced intolerance based on their language abilities and appearance, as well as verbal and physical harassment (Meares, Ho, Peace & Spoonley, 2010b). “When I walk in the streets, teenagers swear and spit at me. When I drive people point out that I‟m Asian and swear at me.” 2.2 Chinese Employers and Employees in Auckland In a study designed to understand the economic integration of migrants from the People’s Republic of China in Auckland, respondents also provided reports of the discrimination they felt faced Chinese migrants in general (Meares, Ho, Peace & Spoonley, 2010a). Nearly two thirds of the participants did not feel that migrants were discriminated against in the workplace (that is 60% of employers and 65% of employees). A much greater number believed that migrants faced either some or a lot of discrimination on the street (65% of employers and 80% of employees). As is common, when asked about their own personal experiences of discrimination they reported lower levels than what they believed their group as a whole experienced. However the number of participants who said they had personally experienced discrimination was still large (30% of employers and 55% of employees). Like with the Korean migrants, these experiences were most often at the hands of young people in the streets. “One day I went shopping. Two young guys said nasty words to me in the shop. I felt very uncomfortable.” 8