Disabled refugees stor ytelling Disabled refugees are often invisible to disability services, compounding an already difficult resettlement experience. This project looked at the reasons for the low uptake of disability services among former refugees. It recommended that steps be taken to address cultural norms about disability; to support the emergence of community leadership amongst former refugees and to review inter-agency collaboration practices to ensure that support for disabled individuals is prioritised. Using oral storytelling methodology, families who had already navigated disability services, were able to offer helpful insight into this issue and raise awareness amongst former refugee communities of the services available. and nature of New Zealand communities and the country’s economic development. It focuses on changes at regional level over the period 1986 to 2013, and will provide projections out to 2036. Ngä Tängata Oho Mairangi is a two year research project led by teams from Massey University and the University of Waikato (NIDEA) and is funded by the Ministry of Business, Innovation and Employment. The research programme involves a mixed-method, multi-site approach and comprises six stages, each designed to examine population change and its impact at sub-regional levels. Contact: Dr. Trudie Cain t.cain@massey.ac.nz or visit http://www. ngatangata.ac.nz Available at: http://tinyurl.com/refugees-stories Contact: Dr Annick Janson annick.janson@egl.ac.nz Integration of Immigrants Programme, Massey University School of Linguistics and Applied Language Studies, Victoria University of Wellington Superdiversity in global cities Language in the Workplace The Wellington Language in the Workplace team collected material from building sites and in eldercare facilities turning it into language teaching resources for refugees and migrants. The project developed materials on “Humour in the building and eldercare sectors” and “Language in the workplace for refugees”. Because the target audience is low-proficiency English users, the materials are audio and picture based. Contact: Prof. Janet Holmes janet.holmes@vuw.ac.nz or visit www.victoria.ac.nz/lals/lwp School of Social and Cultural Studies, Victoria University of Wellington New Zealand’s ban on kosher slaughtering In 2010, the New Zealand Government introduced the rule that, in the interest of animal welfare, all animals slaughtered for commercial purposes were required to be stunned before being killed. This rule followed recommendations by the National Animal Welfare Advisory Committee and studies by veterinary scientists and it effectively banned the Jewish practice of kosher slaughtering. Members of the Jewish community went to the High Court alleging that the ban infringed on their constitutional rights. The complex issue of humane animal treatment versus civil liberties proved to be instructive as a local example of cultural politics. Contact: Dr. Hal Levine Hal.Levine@vuw.ac.nz Black Rainbow: Mäori and Päkehä working across difference This PhD thesis examined the impacts of colonialism on the interpersonal experiences of Mäori and Päkehä involved in anarchist organising in Wellington.Research into Black Rainbow, a collective of five Mäori and two Päkehä activists revealed the difficulties of working across difference in Päkehä dominated communities, where Päkehä often undermine or tokenise Mäori identity, respond insensitively to Mäori concerns and fail to share power. Contact: Rachael Fabish rfabish@hotmail.com Ngä Tängata Oho Mairangi (NTOM), Massey University This project looks at the nature of diversity and superdiversity in cities around the world. The project is hosted by the Max Planck Institute of Religious and Ethnic Diversity (Gottingen) and uses novel research techniques to record and explore the nature of lived/everyday diversity in cities where there are significant migrant and ethnic communities. . . Auckland has now been added as a city in the Integration of Immigrants Programme and Ngä Tängata Oho Mairangi will contribute to comparative material on diversity in cities. Contact: Distinguished Prof. Paul Spoonley p.spoonley@massey.ac.nz Anti-Semitism in Aotearoa This project updates earlier research on the nature of 20th and 21st century anti-Semitism in New Zealand. . . Some of this research appeared as a book chapter (Jewish Lives in New Zealand, edited by Len Bell and Diana Morrow), the Mina McKenzie Memorial Lecture (2013) and a report on the Jewish community in New Zealand (which followed an online survey of Jewish identity and experiences). An off-shoot of this project involves historical research on New Zealander Jim Robb’s ground breaking research on anti-Semitism in the East End of London in the 1930s. Contact: Distinguished Prof. Paul Spoonley p.spoonley@massey.ac.nz School of Communication, Journalism and Marketing, Massey University Acculturative experiences of elderly Chinese immigrants in New Zealand This study examines the acculturative experiences, filial responsibilities and intergenerational communication between elderly Chinese immigrants and their adult children in Wellington, New Zealand. The study found that levels of economic feasibility, acculturation and self-support for Chinese elderly immigrants determined the probability and desirability of living arrangements (in the form of co-residence or independent living). Changes in economic and social status, roles, intergenerational boundaries and the changed sociocultural environments challenged the Chinese traditional concept of filial piety and weakened the ties and bonds between the elderly migrants and their adult children. The study highlights the importance of care for the general wellbeing and the quality of life of the elderly Chinese immigrants in New Zealand. Contact: Dr. Mingsheng Li M.S.Li@massey.ac.nz Ngä Tängata Oho Mairangi This research project provides a detailed model of the significant demographic and economic changes that are altering the shape Tüi Tüi Tuituiä | Race Relations in 2013 61