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New Resident Magazine Volume 01

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ARCC New Resident Magazine

The Purpose Of This Magazine

The New Residents Magazine’s intent is to share success stories from the resettled community in Aotearoa New Zealand. It recognises those who have navigated positive education and employment pathways over the years, to highlight potential avenues to successful settlement. The magazine aims to provide a voice for new residents who have arrived as humanitarian entrants under the Refugee Quota Programme and Family Reunification Category. These new arrivals come with the legal status of permanent residence. Letting them know their rights and entitlements, including their identity, and their obligations as permanent residents of Aotearoa New Zealand, highlights the significant change from refugee status to that of a permanent resident. Further, the magazine aims to encourage financial independence, and emphasises the importance of finding a job and not being dependent on the government social welfare system.

The primary audience for the magazine is the new residents and resettled community who arrived under the Refugee Quota Programmes with permanent residence status and through the Family Reunification Category with a Residence Visa. The secondary audience is resettlement-focused service providers and local neighbourhoods. The magazine aims to acknowledge and highlight each individual’s right to their new status and the importance of understanding the change from being a refugee to becoming a permanent resident or citizen. It also sets out to further educate the resettled community in appreciating who they are, clarifying the reality of their new life, and supporting them in the process of settlement and integration by highlighting the challenges and opportunities that can influence the shift to a positive mindset.

New Resident Magazine Volume 01

Over the years Aotearoa New Zealand has accepted individuals and families from forced migrant backgrounds from different continents and regions. These have included Africa, Asia, Europe, Latin America and the Middle East, with first arrivals in the 1930s. The Aotearoa New Zealand resettlement process has been a successful journey for many people in achieving a more stable life. The country provides resettlement-focused and mainstream services for new arrivals, with education and employment pathway opportunities. At Aotearoa Resettled Community Coalition (ARCC) we continuously work hard to add value to the current resettlement system here is Aotearoa New Zealand through guidance, capability development and advocacy. We support resettled whānau and their communities to grow and thrive.

As a new resident of Aotearoa New Zealand, we embrace you with love, kindness, and respect for who you are, welcome to your new home. I was in your shoes 16 years ago, and I encourage you to keep your hopes alive and remain resilient. Your new home will provide you with the opportunity to recover from what has happened and what has been destroyed. In Aotearoa New Zealand, I have worked hard to overcome my historical trauma, survivor’s guilt, and the negative mindset attached to poverty and social-economic suffering. Sharing our stories of successful resettlement to Aotearoa New Zealand with integrity can provide others with a road map towards achieving positive settlement and integration outcomes.

New Resident Magazine Volume 02

In this New Resident Magazine volume two, we welcome you with love, kindness, and respect for who you are. We encourage you to keep your hopes alive and remain resilient in keeping your cultural values. New Zealand is your new home and will allow you to recover from the traumas you have faced through the displacement process. Keep a community close around you. Make sure not to ignore your own problems and needs, as denial and seeing yourself as a victim can make things more difficult for you. We encourage you to try your best to navigate the NZ pathways of education and employment. This magazine is designed to share some of our many success stories of settlement and integration into New Zealand society. We provide information with integrity that provides you with a road map towards achieving positive settlement and integration outcomes.

We know many of you will face challenges in your settlement and integration process .It takes time to establish a local network, find suitable employment, and feel part of New Zealand society. Although services have been improved for the better, our names and backgrounds, our skin colour can still be seen as a problem, plus the English language barrier can make things difficult. So, we encourage individuals and family members to reflect on who they are, where they come from, and why they are here in New Zealand. This will help deal with any identity confusion and put things in a clearer perspective. We at ARCC are confident that you will like New Zealand as we do, because of the opportunities it offers socially, culturally, and economically. By taking the opportunities offered to you, you will start to recover from your past traumas through your work and education. Eventually, you will begin to heal and discover your identity by knowing your purpose, passions, goals, talents, and mission.

New Resident Magazine Volume 03

In this New Resident Magazine volume three, we welcome you with love, kindness, and respect for who you are. We encourage you to keep your hopes alive and remain resilient in keeping your cultural values. We know many of you will face challenges in your settlement and integration process in the short term. It takes time to establish a local network, find suitable employment, and feel part of New Zealand society. Although services have been improved for the better, our names and backgrounds, our skin colour can still be seen as a problem, plus the English language barrier can make things difficult.

So, we encourage individuals and family members to reflect on who they are, where they come from, and why they are here in New Zealand. This will help deal with any identity confusion and put things in a clearer perspective. We at ARCc are confident that you will like New Zealand as we do, because of the opportunities it offers socially, culturally, and economically. Be open-minded and appreciate that not everything happens at once; good things can take time and shortcuts are only sometimes available. Giving yourself time will allow you to develop your career pathways and future direction. To start working in New Zealand, consider finding volunteer work, which may lead you to a meaningful job. Take every opportunity to access training or education to gain the tools and knowledge needed for your future. By taking the opportunities offered to you, you will start to recover from your past traumas through your work and education. Eventually, you will begin to heal and discover your identity by knowing your purpose, passions, goals, talents, and mission.

New Resident Magazine Volume 04

In this New Resident Magazine volume four, we present new 4 storytellers to present their stories. We encourage individuals and family members to reflect on who they are, where they come from, and why they are here in New Zealand. This will help deal with any identity confusion and put things in a clearer perspective. We know many of you will face challenges in your settlement and integration process in the short term. It takes time to establish a local network, find suitable employment, and feel part of New Zealand society. Although services have been improved for the better, our names and backgrounds, our skin colour can still be seen as a problem, plus the English language barrier can make things difficult.

We at ARCC are confident that you will like New Zealand as we do, because of the opportunities it offers socially, culturally, and economically. Be open-minded and appreciate that not everything happens at once; good things can take time and shortcuts are only sometimes available. Giving yourself time will allow you to develop your career pathways and future direction. To start working in New Zealand, consider finding volunteer work, which may lead you to a meaningful job. Take every opportunity to access training or education to gain the tools and knowledge needed for your future. By taking the opportunities offered to you, you will start to recover from your past traumas through your work and education. Eventually, you will begin to heal and discover your identity by knowing your purpose, passions, goals, talents, and mission.