1 INTRODUCTION /1 Book Overview: Orientation towards the Self /5 International and National Population Ageing / 7 Chinese People and Ageing in New Zealand /9 Policy Responses to Ageing and Ethnic Issues in New Zealand / 14 2 THEORETICAL ORIENTATION: SYMBOLIC INTERACTIONISM AND THE SELF /18 Basic Tenets of Symbolic Interactionism /20 The Self and Identities / 24 The Cobweb Chinese Self /29 Self and Acculturation /31 Social and Ethnic Identities /38 Tying Strands into a Richer Understanding of the Self /40 3 LITERATURE REVIEW: FILIAL PIETY AND AGEING IN PLACE /43 Filial Piety / 46 Ageing in Place / 63 Putting Ideas Expressed in this Chapter into Action /77 4 METHODOLOGY /80 The Narrative Approach / 82 Chinese Narratives and the Episodic Interview /84 Fangtan: A Chinese Narrative Interview Technique /86 Participants / 93 Research Processes / 100 Analyses / 107 Quality of Narrative Data /113 5 HOME MAKING IN A NEW LAND /117 Biographical Disruption and Status-discrepancy / 118 Responding to Biographical Disruption through Gardening /12 Responding to Status-discrepancy through Art-making / 127 Relational Dimensions of Domestic Space Attachments / 132 Summary / 137 6 MATERIAL-MEDIATED ACCULTURATION /141 Observational Acculturation / 142 Familial Acculturation / 145 Participatory Acculturation / 147 Chinese Media Acculturation / 150 Religious and Spiritual Acculturation / 152 Summary / 155 7 CHANGING PRACTICES OF FILIAL PIETY /160 Living Arrangements / 161 Support to Parents / 173 Respecting Parents / 179 Children's Achievements / 183 Ancestral Worship / 185 Gender Norms / 190 Summary / 193 8 POSITIVE AGEING IN A NEW PLACE /196 Affordable and Stable Public Housing / 198 Building Safe Neighbourhoods /202 Engaging in Local Communities /205 Hybridised Transnational Communities /213 Spaces for Care /218 Summary /224 9 DISCUSSION /226 Integrating Key Findings /228 A culturally patterned narrative Approach /236 Policy Implications / 240 REFERENCES /244