Invisible: New Zealand's History of Excluding Kiwi-Indians [Paperback]

Despite our mythology of benign race relations, Aotearoa New Zealand has a long history of underlying prejudice and racism. The experiences of Indian migrants and their descendants, either historically or today, are still poorly documented and most writing has focused on celebration and integration. Invisible speaks of survival and the real impacts racism has on the lives of Indian New Zealanders. It uncovers a story of exclusion that has rendered Kiwi-Indians invisible in the historical narratives of the nation.

Migration and racism in Aotearoa New Zealand

Jacqueline Leckie is a researcher and writer based in Otepoti Dunedin. She was a former J. D. Stout research fellow and is now an adjunct research fellow with the Stout Centre for New Zealand Studies at Victoria University of Wellington Te Herenga Waka, and conjoint associate professor in the School of Creative Industries and Social Science at the University of Newcastle, Australia. She is a fellow of the New Zealand Indian Research Institute, an affiliated researcher of Centre for Global Migrations (Otago), and co-editor of theJournal of Pacific History. She has taught at the University of the South Pacific, Kenyatta University and the University of Otago. Her publications have covered health history, the Indian diaspora, gender, ethnicity, and work within the AsiaPacific. Her books includeInvisible: New Zealands History of Excluding Kiwi-Indians(2021),Colonizing Madness: Asylum and Community in Fiji(2020),Indian Settlers: The Story of a New Zealand South Asian Community(2007),To Labour with the State(1997), andA University for the Pacific:50 Years of USP(2018).