Understanding the experiences of new migrant parents (2018)
The changes in patterns of normal family life and children’s development for new migrants can be particularly stressful and challenging. This research, funded by the New Zealand Lotteries Research Fund, aims to better understand the parenting practices of new migrants in Auckland’s North Shore communities.
This project was a research collaboration between Whānau Marama Parenting, Point Research and a team of 21 volunteer peer-to-peer interviewers from new migrant communities on Auckland’s North Shore. Each volunteer interviewed between one and three new migrants from their personal and/or professional networks. Interviewees were required to be parents, and to have been in Aotearoa New Zealand for five years or less).
Data were recorded in an interview booklet in the language, and then translated and transferred onto an insight mining worksheet.
Volunteer Interviewers
The primary use for this research was to assist Whānau Marama Parenting, a parenting programme provider in Glenfield, Auckland to understand whether they are meeting the needs of this group in terms of culturally appropriate information, support, and positive parenting skills.
Project lead: Nadine Metzger
