Asian families advised to do homework before emigrating to NZ

Families planning to emigrate to New Zealand are being advised to investigate what life is like in this country, before they arrive.

A Families Commission report on the experience of Asian families moving to New Zealand, suggests parents are often unprepared for the ways they and their children will change.

Asians make up 9.2 percent of the population and the fastest growing ethnic group in New Zealand.

Mew Zealand Families Commissioner Gregory Fortuin said Sunday younger Asians usually integrated quickly, while their parents worried this would make them lose respect for the older generation.

He said Asian families should do some research and try to build on the things both cultures have in common.

Source: Xinhua