Immigration

on-Why did you immigrat to another country? -which country were you born in? -why have you deside to live in this country? -do you like this country or the other country? -how many years have you lived in your other country?

My interview: My Mum, Jennifer Kim Where did she immigrate from? Korea
 * Immigration Interview- Caroline Kim **

Q1:What made you immigrate? A1: My Husband and I immigrated to New Zealand because the education is really strict in Korea, you have to get in university and Koreas students get in university and Koreas students are so competitive against others in anything. Q2: Did anyone get hurt? A2: No because Korea is not a dangerous country. Q3: If you came to join other families or friends why did you decide to join? A3: I did not come to join other family or friends. Q4: How was the country dangerous? A4: It was not dangerous. Q5: Who did you immigrate with? A5: Just my Husband. Q6: How many years has it been since you immigrated? A6: 16 years. Q7: Do you regret immigrating? Why or why not? A7: No because NZ is a beautiful place to be. Q8: What are the differences between this country and Korea? A8: Well, NZ is very quiet, calm and peaceful as for in Korea it is very noisy and as I said people there are so competitive. Q9: Do you have any hard times there? How? A9: It is very hard how its a whole different language so wherever I go I get nervous and worried that I might forget what I say and I wouldn't know how to explain something so sometimes I get really stressed ou t. Q10: How did/do you feel about moving? A10: I was excited, I was starting a new life but I was also worried if this was a good country and the right one because I didn't know anything about this country. Q11: Do you still have any other family members in Korea? Why didn't they move? A11: Yes. They didn't move because they preferred Korea more than NZ. Q12: Was it hard leaving your friends? A12: Not really because I was too excited about coming to NZ but although I don't regret going back, I miss them. Q13: Why did you pick NZ over other countries? A13: The Korean community introduced NZ to my Husbands and I so since the education at Korea was very strict we decided to move to NZ. Q14: Have you ever thought about moving back to Korea? If so why? A14: No.

Immigration interview- Brittany Interviewed my mums friend Debbie.

Immigration interview- Jaedan interviewed my brothers friends mum

Q1. What country did you live in before you emigrated? A1.south africa.

Q2.what is the best thing about your country? A2.Family and friends and the fact that i live near the nature reserve so was able to see wild life from my windows at home.

Q3. Why did you emigrate? A3. We wanted a safer environment and my husband managed to find more work and opportunity here in NZ.

Q4. Why did you immigrate to NZ instead of a different country? A4. not sure really, it was the only real country we ever thought of - we did not really want to go anywhere else. NZ is similar to cape town south africa.

Q5.Is this the first time you have emigrated? A5. Yes

Q6. What steps did you have to take to be able to live in NZ? A6. we needed to have a certain amount of points which came from how much experience and and education that you had obtained over the years. we then had to have medical and police checks. we were also very lucky in that my husband managed to find and work whilst we were still lived in south africa and they wanted his computer skills here in NZ.

Q7. do you regret emigrating and why? A7.no i do not regret but i do miss some of my family back in south africa, particularly over christmas time.

Q8. how many people did you emigrate with? A8.there are five of us in my family?

Q9. how are the people different here from the people in the country you used to live in? A9. they are a little different in that they speak with an accent, the culture is also different. in south africa you have 11 different cultures.

Q10. how many years has it been since you emigrated? Q10. this is our 5th year.

Q11. do you miss anything about your country? A11. I miss the familiar roads, scenery and people

Q12.What do you have to do to be an NZ citizen? A12.almost, we have just submitted our citizenship papers this week.

Q13. what did you have to do to be an NZ citizen? A13. we had to fill in a heap of forms, not have any police fines etc... and work hard.