Podcasts by Conversations with My Immigrant Parents
3x SEASONS. Immigrant whānau across Aotearoa have frank conversations covering love, ancestry, home, food, expectation, and acceptance. Made with the support of NZ On Air.
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Conversations with My Immigrant Parents | Season 3 | Episode 6: None of Us Know from 2023-05-08T06:00
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.
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Conversations with My Immigrant Parents | Season 3 | Episode 5 [English Dub]: Crying From Up in the Sky from 2023-05-01T06:00
[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, an...
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Conversations with My Immigrant Parents | Season 3 | Episode 5 [Vietnamese]: Crying From Up in the Sky from 2023-05-01T06:00
[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...
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Conversations with My Immigrant Parents | Season 3 | Episode 4: Mama Is More Stronger from 2023-04-24T06:00
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.
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Conversations with My Immigrant Parents | Season 3 | Episode 3: (I Need To) Put More Water in My Beans from 2023-04-17T06:00
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.
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Conversations with My Immigrant Parents | Season 3 | Episode 2: Representation Matters from 2023-04-10T06:00
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.
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Conversations with My Immigrant Parents | Season 3 | Episode 1: Little Pomegranate Tree from 2023-04-03T06:00
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.
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Conversations with My Immigrant Parents | Season 3 | Trailer from 2023-03-21T06:00
NEW SERIES 3rd APRIL, 2023. Immigrant whānau across Aotearoa have frank conversations covering love, ancestry, home, food, expectation, and acceptance.
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Season 3: Register your interest - Conversations With My Immigrant Parents S3 from 2022-03-08T16:00
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.
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Episode 8: Something Far Greater Than This - Conversations With My Immigrant Parents S2 from 2021-04-29T06:00
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.
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Conversations with My Immigrant Parents | Season 2 | Episode 8: Something Far Greater than This from 2021-04-29T06:00
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.
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Episode 7: Homesick on the Marae - Conversations With My Immigrant Parents S2 from 2021-04-22T06:00
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.
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Conversations with My Immigrant Parents | Season 2 | Episode 7: Homesick on the Marae from 2021-04-22T06:00
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.
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Episode 6: My Dad is My Mum - Conversations With My Immigrant Parents S2 from 2021-04-15T06:00
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.
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Conversations with My Immigrant Parents | Season 2 | Episode 6: My Dad Is My Mum from 2021-04-15T06:00
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.
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Episode 5: Side by Side - Conversations With My Immigrant Parents S2 from 2021-04-08T06:00
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.
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Conversations with My Immigrant Parents | Season 2 | Episode 5: Side by Side from 2021-04-08T06:00
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.
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Conversations with My Immigrant Parents | Season 2 | Episode 4: Red Chicken with the Big Wings from 2021-04-01T06:00
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.
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Episode 4: Red Chicken With the Big Wings - Conversations With My Immigrant Parents S2 from 2021-04-01T06:00
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.
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Episode 3: VIP - Conversations With My Immigrant Parents S2 from 2021-03-25T06:00
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.
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Conversations with My Immigrant Parents | Season 2 | Episode 3: VIP from 2021-03-25T06:00
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 whom our lives are lived for.
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Episode 2: Independence Is Great But It’s Not All It’s Cracked Up To Be - Conversations With My Immigrant Parents S2 from 2021-03-24T06:00
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.
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Conversations with My Immigrant Parents | Season 2 | Episode 2: Independence Is Great but It’s Not All It’s Cracked Up to Be from 2021-03-24T06:00
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.
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Episode 1: Not Your White Boy - Conversations With My Immigrant Parents S2 from 2021-03-11T06:00
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.
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Conversations with My Immigrant Parents | Season 2 | Episode 1: Not Your White Boy from 2021-03-11T06:00
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.
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Episode 9: We Can’t Speak the Same Language - Conversations With My Immigrant Parents from 2020-01-10T06:00
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.
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Conversations with My Immigrant Parents | Season 1 | Episode 9: We Can’t Speak the Same Language from 2020-01-10T06:00
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.
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Episode 8: Nothing Other than Beauty and Hope - Conversations With My Immigrant Parents from 2020-01-10T03:00
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.
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Conversations with My Immigrant Parents | Season 1 | Episode 8: Nothing other than Beauty and Hope from 2020-01-10T03:00
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.
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Episode 7: Sucking on Chicken Feet - Conversations With My Immigrant Parents from 2020-01-10T00:00
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.
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Conversations with My Immigrant Parents | Season 1 | Episode 7: Sucking on Chicken Feet from 2020-01-10T00:00
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.
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Episode 6: The Best Street in Birkdale - Conversations With My Immigrant Parents from 2019-12-20T06:00
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.
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Conversations with My Immigrant Parents | Season 1 | Episode 6: The Best Street in Birkdale from 2019-12-20T06:00
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.
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Episode 5: Actually I’m Korean - Conversations With My Immigrant Parents from 2019-12-20T03:00
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.
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Conversations with My Immigrant Parents | Season 1 | Episode 5: Actually, I’m Korean from 2019-12-20T03:00
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.
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Episode 4: It Was Clearly a Joke - Conversations With My Immigrant Parents from 2019-12-20T00:00
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.
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Conversations with My Immigrant Parents | Season 1 | Episode 4: It Was Clearly a Joke from 2019-12-20T00:00
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.
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Episode 3: Argumentative is an English Concept - Conversations With My Immigrant Parents from 2019-12-16T06:00
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.
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Conversations with My Immigrant Parents | Season 1 | Episode 3: Argumentative Is an English Concept from 2019-12-16T06:00
Francisco and Vibeke are parents to teenagers who regularly switch between Argentinian and Dutch cultures. They talk about why coming from different countries means navigating more than just language.
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Episode 2: Really Nice Potato Sacks - Conversations With My Immigrant Parents from 2019-12-09T06:00
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.
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Conversations with My Immigrant Parents | Season 1 | Episode 2: Really Nice Potato Sacks from 2019-12-09T06:00
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.
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Episode 1: A Dress and a Cardigan for Mele - Conversations With My Immigrant Parents from 2019-12-02T06:00
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.
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Conversations with My Immigrant Parents | Season 1 | Episode 1: A Dress and a Cardigan for Mele from 2019-12-02T06:00
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.
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Trailer: Introducing Conversations With My Immigrant Parents - Listen Now on RNZ.co.nz from 2019-11-18T12:00
Immigrant whanau across Aotearoa have frank conversations covering love, ancestry, home, food, expectation, and acceptance.
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Conversations with My Immigrant Parents | Season 1 | Trailer from 2019-11-18T12:00
Immigrant whānau across Aotearoa have frank conversations covering love, ancestry, home, food, expectation, and acceptance.
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