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RNZ: Conversations With My Immigrant Parents

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Immigrant whānau across Aotearoa have frank conversations covering love, ancestry, home, food, expectation, and acceptance. Made possible by the RNZ/NZ On Air Innovation Fund.

  • 53 minutes 5 seconds
    Conversations with My Immigrant Parents | Season 3 | Episode 6: None of Us Know
    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.
    7 May 2023, 6:00 pm
  • 34 minutes 26 seconds
    Conversations with My Immigrant Parents | Season 3 | Episode 5 [Vietnamese]: Crying From Up in the Sky
    [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 homecomings.
    30 April 2023, 6:00 pm
  • 34 minutes 25 seconds
    Conversations with My Immigrant Parents | Season 3 | Episode 5 [English Dub]: Crying From Up in the Sky
    [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, and homecomings.
    30 April 2023, 6:00 pm
  • 42 minutes
    Conversations with My Immigrant Parents | Season 3 | Episode 4: Mama Is More Stronger
    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.
    23 April 2023, 6:00 pm
  • 47 minutes 25 seconds
    Conversations with My Immigrant Parents | Season 3 | Episode 3: (I Need To) Put More Water in My Beans
    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.
    16 April 2023, 6:00 pm
  • 43 minutes 39 seconds
    Conversations with My Immigrant Parents | Season 3 | Episode 2: Representation Matters
    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.
    9 April 2023, 6:00 pm
  • 45 minutes 12 seconds
    Conversations with My Immigrant Parents | Season 3 | Episode 1: Little Pomegranate Tree
    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.
    2 April 2023, 6:00 pm
  • 35 seconds
    Conversations with My Immigrant Parents | Season 3 | Trailer
    NEW SERIES 3rd APRIL, 2023. Immigrant whānau across Aotearoa have frank conversations covering love, ancestry, home, food, expectation, and acceptance.
    20 March 2023, 5:00 pm
  • 43 minutes 47 seconds
    Conversations with My Immigrant Parents | Season 2 | Episode 8: Something Far Greater than This
    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.
    28 April 2021, 6:00 pm
  • 46 minutes 17 seconds
    Conversations with My Immigrant Parents | Season 2 | Episode 7: Homesick on the Marae
    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.
    21 April 2021, 6:00 pm
  • 50 minutes 23 seconds
    Conversations with My Immigrant Parents | Season 2 | Episode 6: My Dad Is My Mum
    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.
    14 April 2021, 6:00 pm
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