Hi my name is Dianna Gui, I am 16 and I am from Shanghai China.
My name is Vivian Luo, I am 16 and I am from Beijing China.
My name is Saffron Huang, I am 15 and I am from Guangzhou China.
Bevan: why do you think your parents brought you here? What is your first impression and
did it meet up your expectation, New Zealand
Saffron Huang: My parents came here because they thought the better environment to bring
me up in. I did not really know what New Zealand was like, and no one really told me,
I did not really know what the western culture was like, the only thing I knew was watching movies,
like war movies, I thought it is really scary, but obviously it's not.
Vivian Luo: basically, My parents brought me here the same reason as hers, they thought
was the better schooling stuff, I did not know anything about New Zealand, I don't think
I was old enough to know what they were doing at all, all I remember was in the airport,
also the bird noises when I goes to the airport, the first impression a little bit is like
a forest.
Dianna Gui: My parents brought me here is because they want to gain citizenship here,
they took my brother here first, I originally thought that New Zealand is the only a few
countries to immigrate to, that is why they were here first, then they brought me here
because of the fact that we had New Zealand citizenship, we couldn't quite study in China,
my parents did not tell me anything, all I thought is that we are going on a trip.
Bevan: so does it meet your expectation, your parents' expectation since you moved to New Zealand.
Saffron Huang: it exceed my expectations, I like it here
Vivian Luo: I really like here, I didn't really know what it is going to be like here, don't
know my expectation, my parents like here as well, it is quite different from China
Dianna Gui: I did not have any expectations since I knew so little, my mother quite enjoy
here because it is much quieter than in China.
Bevan: just want to ask you about the schools and home life, is there anything that you
guess any conflicts between the expectations from the school and your friends and expectations
at home, what kind of the expectations your parents may have on you that might be quite
different to other kids in the same school
Dianna Gui: I come from a family of engineers, everyone in my family is graduate from engineering,
so my mum don't want me to study engineering again, she originally want to me go through
study medicine or law, now she changed her views, she want me go towards commerce, but
I have passion for graphic design, so I refused to drop it, that is the main conflict between
my mother and me
Bevan: do you do anything to resolve the conflict or try to
Dianna Gui: I just say no, I love it, I do well in it, it is my choice
Saffron Huang: the same as me, my parents want me to do commerce, I like commerce, but
I don't really know what I am really going to do, my parents are very cool, they do not
push me towards medicine or law, anything, doctor, dentist , anything ,they just say
you just do whatever you want to do.
Vivian Luo: The same to my parents, My parents did not push me to do anything that I don't
want to do; I myself do want to study medicine, they did not really push me to do anything,
actually they say you should not do that it is too hard, I want to do it, so I can do it.