Personal Migration Story

In Social studies we are currently working on Migration but at the same time learning about the Push and Pull factors of Migrating. On 19 June, in social studies 9KRo, had a guest visitor talking about her Migration story from Samoa to NZ. Her name was Sineli. Sineli had left Samoa around 1962 to NZ at the age of 18, she had Migrated to NZ because she had got the opportunity to be able to come over to NZ for a better chance of education but she didn't just come for that her family also wanted her to get a job so that the money she was getting paid could be sent to Samoa so her dad can build their first Pakeha house. Some of her Pull reasons was to be well educated, raise enough money to be sent for her family in Samoa and better life. Some of her Push reasons was that there wasn't that much advantage of education and that they didn't have that much money. When Sineli moved to NZ the challenges she was facing was understanding English as well as speaking English. I enjoyed Sineli story because her story was very interesting and while she was telling the story I could understand her Push and Pull factors.