Invisible: New Zealand's history of excluding Kiwi-Indians

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Despite the mythology of benign race relations, Aotearoa New Zealand has experienced a very long history of underlying prejudice and racism. Little has been written about the experiences of Indian migrants, either historically or today, and most writing has focussed 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.

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'timely, passionate, highly readable and deeply challenging.' - Jane Buckingham, New Zealand Journal of History

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Jacqueline Leckie is a researcher and writer based in Otepoti Dunedin. She is an adjunct research fellow with the Stout Centre for New Zealand Studies at Victoria University of Wellington, and conjoint associate professor in the School of Humanities and Social Sciences at the University of Newcastle in Australia. She is a fellow of the New Zealand India Research Institute, and an affiliated researcher with the Centre for Global Migrations at the University of Otago. . Her research has concerned the Indian diaspora, development, gender, ethnicity, mental health and work within the Asia-Pacific. Her books include Indian Settlers: The Story of a New Zealand South Asian Community (2007), To Labour with the State (1997) and Colonizing Madness: Asylum and Community in Fiji (2020).