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2008 - Pathways, Circuits and Crossroads: New Research on Population, Migration and Community Dynamics

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The 2008 conference in the "Pathways, circuits and crossroads: new research on population, migration and community dynamics" series, that is run annually by a group of FRST-funded research programmes and sponsored by the Department of Labour, will be held in the National Library Auditorium in Wellington between 9 and 11 June.

This year the programme will feature sessions on economic and social dimensions of migration and settlement, return migration and circulation in global and local migration systems, social inclusion and wellbeing in a more diverse society, and migration and development in the Pacific. It is anticipated that there will be several international keynote speakers participating in the conference.

Details of the programme will be circulated shortly.

For more information please contact:
Carina Meares (C.L.Meares@massey.ac.nz)
Research Manager
Labour Market Dynamics Research Programme
Massey University, New Zealand
Tel: +64 9 414 0800, ext. 9452
Fax: +64 9 441 8169

End-user meetings held in the last seven years

2006 – "On the frontiers : New public good research on population, migration and community dynamics", held at Victoria University of Wellington Law School's lecture rooms (Old Government Buildings), on 20 and 21 April 2006. This meeting provided opportunity for researchers and end-users associated with several FRST-funded programmes to report on a range of population, migration and community-related themes.

2005 – "On the frontiers: New public good research on population, migration and community dynamics", held at Victoria University of Wellington Law School's Annex, on 30 March - 1 April 2005. This seminar provided an opportunity for researchers from one Marsden-funded and five FRST-funded population, migration and community research programmes to report on findings from their research.  The programmes include Understanding Adjustment and Inequality Motu , Building Attachment in Families and Community CRESA , Strangers in Town Waikato University , Enhancing Well-Being in an Ageing Society Waikato University and the Family Centre, New Settlers Massey University , Maori-Chinese Encounters Auckland University .  The major sponsors for this meeting were the UNESCO-MOST APMRN, the International Metropolis Project and the New Zealand Immigration Service.

2004 – “New Directions: New Settlers: New Challenges", held at Victoria University of Wellington Law School's Annex, on 19-21 April 2004. Members of the Centre for Research, Evaluation and Social Assessment (CRESA’s) Building Attachment in Families and Communities Programme, and Motu's Economic and Public Policy Research Institute’s Understanding Adjustment and Inequality Programme also participated. The major sponsor for this meeting was the New Zealand Commission for UNESCO. Other sponsors included: the UNESCO-MOST APMRN, the International Metropolis Project and the New Zealand Immigration Service.

2003 – “New Directions: New Settlers: New Challenges Building and Enhancing Communities", held at Victoria University of Wellington Law School's Annex, on 14-15 April 2003. Guest contributors for this meeting were Professor Graeme Hugo (University of Adelaide), Professor Colleen Ward (Victoria University of Wellington), Professor Dan Hiebert (University of British Columbia) and Dr Kevin Dunn (University of New South Wales). The major sponsor for this meeting was the New Zealand Commission for UNESCO. Other sponsors included: the UNESCO-MOST APMRN, the International Metropolis Project and the New Zealand Immigration Service.

2002 - "New Directions: New Settlers Responding to Contemporary Migration Challenges", held at Victoria University of Wellington Law School's Annex, on 10-11 April 2002. Sponsors for this meeting were: The New Zealand Commission for UNESCO; The UNESCO-MOST's Asia-Pacific Migration Research Network (APMRN); the International Metropolis Project; and the New Zealand Immigration Service of the Department of Labour.

2001 - "New Directions: New Settlers Migration and New Zealand Seminar on Migration Research and Settlement Responses", held at Victoria University of Wellington's Law School Annex, Wellington on 12-13 April 2001. The Sponsors for this meeting were: New Zealand National Commission for UNESCO; and the New Zealand Immigration Service.

2000 - "New Directions: New Settlers, Migration and New Zealand Society into the 21st Century", held at Victoria University of Wellington's Law School Annex, Wellington on 12-13 April. The sponsors for this meeting were: New Zealand National Commission for UNESCO; the International Metropolis Project; the New Zealand Immigration Service; and the UNESCO Management of Social Transformation (MOST) Asia-Pacific Migration Research Network (APMRN).

1999 - "New Directions: New Settlers, A Seminar on Contemporary Migration and Settlement in New Zealand", held at The Training Room, National Archives, 10 Mulgrave Street, Wellington on 17 March. The sponsor for this meeting was the Department of Internal Affairs.

Information about our sponsors:

• The New Zealand National Commission for UNESCO - The Social Sciences Sub-Commission of the National Commission is responsible, amongst other things, for overseeing New Zealand participation in UNESCO’s Management of Social Transformation (MOST) Programme. A key component of the MOST Programme is the development of policy-relevant research into the management of change in multicultural and multi-ethnic societies. The New Zealand National Commission for UNESCO is the contact point for the MOST Programme in New Zealand, and has been active for several years in supporting UNESCO-MOST’s Asia-Pacific Migration Research Network (APMRN) with its headquarters in Australia at the University of Wollongong. The co-convenors of the New Zealand component of the APMRN, the Aotearoa/New Zealand Migration Research Network are Professor Richard Bedford and Professor Paul Spoonley, members, respectively, of the two FRST-funded programmes underpinning the New Directions: New Settlers annual meetings.

• The UNESCO-MOST APMRN - The APMRN is charged, amongst other things, with developing research capabilities in the Asia-Pacific region, and enhancing the theory and methodology of migration and ethnic relations research, through exchange of ideas, international seminars, training of researchers and graduate programmes for future researchers. Its primary activities over the two years 2002-2004 are to “exchange information on findings, policy development and improvements in the management of migration and social change” – a key objective of the New Directions: New Settlers annual meetings.

• The International Metropolis Project – The International Metropolis Project is a set of co-ordinated activities carried out by a membership of research, policy and non-governmental organisations who share a vision of strengthened migration policy by means of applied academic research. It has as its primary goal “to stimulate research on immigration and integration, to focus that research on public policy issues, and to encourage its use in decision making”. The unit of analysis in the Metropolis Project is the city – on how international migration impacts on cities and how, in turn, international migration is affected by urban processes. The New Zealand Immigration Service (NZIS) is a member of the International Steering Committee of the Metropolis Project, and members of both the New Demographic Directions Programme and the New Settlers Programme regularly contribute to the International Metropolis Conferences.

• The New Zealand Immigration Service – The NZIS has been a sponsor of the New Directions: New Settlers annual meetings since their inception. The Service actively encourages extensive interaction between the providers of migration research and the policy makers responsible for developing immigration policy and successful settlement outcomes in New Zealand. They are “end-users” of the research reported at these meetings.

Any requests for information please contact Ms Muriaroha Muntz:

Ms Muriaroha Muntz
Migration Research Group
University of Waikato
Private Bag 3105
HAMILTON
New Zealand
Tel: +54 7 838 4466, ext. 6296
Fax: +64 7 838 4840