1. Chinese Businesses and the Transformation of Auckland Paul Spoonley and Carina Meares 18 July 2009 INTEGRATION OF IMMIGRANTS PROGRAMME 2007 – 2012

2. Research Participants: Chinese Business Owners in Auckland 10 New Zealand-born 11 Asia Pacific-born 18 China-born

3. Key Demographic Changes Long-established Chinese-New Zealand community Post-1987 migrants –Taiwanese –Hong Kong Chinese Post-2000 migrants –People’s Republic of China –2001 26,547 –2006 53,694

4. Chinese in New Zealand Year Birth PlaceTotal ChinaHong Kong TaiwanMalaysiaNZOthers* 1986 1,668561395975,2502,43310,548 1991 4,1102,8502,8383,6816,3063,89123,676 1996 12,0548,8687,9654,59610,2935,92849,704 2001 26,5478,4068,5624,95313,2036,45968,130 2006 53,6945,2807,3236,00317,6827,44397,425

6. Chinese Businesses IndustriesNumber of Participants’ Businesses Professional, Scientific and Technical 11 Retail Trade 17 Agriculture, Forestry and Fishing 3 Accommodation and Food Services 20 Wholesale Trade 3 Rental, Hiring and Real Estate 3 Construction 1

7. Settlement and Business Support Experiences varied Support for business –Friends and family –Professional and industry groups

8. Employees, Suppliers and Customers Significant reliance on Chinese employees, suppliers and customers Employees  Language Suppliers  Products Customers  Services and products

9. Contacts and Networks Chinese networks important  In New Zealand Email, phone, personal visits  Overseas Email, phone, personal visits Local networks also critical

10. Ethnic Precincts The location of small and medium Chinese businesses in particular locations  Small inner-city pockets  Strip developments Dominion Road  Malls  Suburban Purpose built: Meadowlands Conversion: Northcote

11. Developing Ethnic Precincts Level site near Chinese residential areas Shops built facing each other Shops of different sizes Mixture of shops ‘Kiwi’ businesses

12. Conclusions Chinese businesses integral to Auckland economy Host organisations: welcoming and integrating? Localism and transnationalism

13. Report http://www.asianz.org.nz/

14. Thank you Wenli Zhang Jingyi Xie Christine Read Mingming Qian Jingjing Xue Alistair Kwun

15. http://newsettlers.massey.ac.nz/