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A seven part documentary series which examines New Zealand as a nation of migrants.
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- E1 The Unbroken TreadNext upJan 3, 1995
Synopsis
The Wellington seaside suburb of Island Bay is sometimes called Little Italy, thanks to the many Italians who have moved there. This episode of Immigrant Nation is based on interviews with Italian migrants to the suburb — from the woman who remembers the time during World War II when locals stopped talking to her, to the young man feeling "a magnetic pull" back to Italy. Although Italian fishing boats are now rarely seen in Island Bay, old traditions live on; and one woman talks about the responsibility of carrying on Italian traditions and culture into the future.
- E2 Just Slightly a People ApartJan 10, 1995
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Soldiers, rubber bullets and an uncertain future: for the McKenna family, memories of life back in hometown Belfast are hardly rose-tinted. Made shortly before the Good Friday agreement radically altered Northern Ireland’s political landscape, this Immigrant Nation episode opens with Irish expats Mick McKenna and mother Mary. In between making rebel music in Wellington, Mick returns to Belfast and recalls an environment that bred violence. Meanwhile presenter Teresa O’Connor (cousin of West Coast MP Damien O’Connor) delves into her own part-Irish ancestry and identity.
- E3 Dalmatian at HeartJan 17, 1995
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Some 70,000 New Zealanders can claim Dalmatian descent through the immigrants who arrived from the Dalmatian coast of Croatia. This documentary focuses on the experiences of two women, writer Amelia Batistich, aged 72; and poet Nina Nola, aged 32.
- E4 The Footprints of the DragonJan 24, 1995
