Going Home
[DULCIE BLAKEY and a boat-load of i disgruntled home-bound
immigrants made a. radio talk heard from 4YA that was pathetic, amusing and interesting. A. converted New Zealander herself, Mrs. Blakey was in the position to see both = sides of the question of our way of life, and, while defending us from some of the more gross criticisms, could yet gently agree with our critics in a way that did not puncture our aggressively thin skins. There was the woman who, after two months in Auckland’s Chinese quarter, discoursed eloquently. "from personal experience" on the homes afid habits of New Zealanders. Another refused to believe the local housewife worked hard: "All she does is make enormous sponge cakes." There were young electricians who were returning home in disgust with our laws which demanded written examinations, and, most pathetic group, parents who had come here with high hopes to join immigrant children, only to find the old ties: tco strong. The one plaint common to all groups was, "Oh, your long, long wekends!" This talk, by a well-balanced and extremely intelligent observer was, despite its brevity, the most interesting analysis I have yet heard of the impact of New Zealand on new settlers.
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New Zealand Listener, Volume 28, Issue 716, 2 April 1953, Page 12
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203Going Home New Zealand Listener, Volume 28, Issue 716, 2 April 1953, Page 12
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