Table of Contents

Foreword Guy Standing 8
Introduction Clifford van Ommen, Shiloh Groot, Bridgette MastersAwatere and Natasha Tassell-Matamua 12
part 1: Selling Snake Oil
Introduction Clifford van Ommen and Shiloh Groot 22
1:1 A statistical portrait of the New Zealand precariat William Cochrane, Thomas Stubbs, Mohi Rua and Darrin Hodgetts 27
1:2 From working poverty to sustainable livelihood: What can applied psychology offer? James Arrowsmith, Stuart C. Carr, Jarrod Haar, Harvey Jones, Jane Parker and Christian Yao 37
1:3 Media depictions of precarious work within neoliberal capitalism: The New Zealand experience Wayne Hope and Jane Scott 48
1:4 Penal welfare: What it does, and why we should change it Darrin Hodgetts, Ottilie Stolte, Kerry Chamberlain and Shiloh Groot 631:5 When dollar loaves are all you have: Experiences of food insecurity in Hamilton, New Zealand Kimberly Jackson and Rebekah Graham 76
1:6 Out of the pan into the fire: Precariousness among women and children escaping domestic violence Neville Robertson and Bridgette Masters-Awatere 87
1:7 Older people, inequalities and the lessons of universality Mary Breheny 97
part 2: Native disruption MA¯āori and the precariat
Introduction Bridgette Masters-Awatere and Natasha TassellMatamua 110
2:8 The MA¯āori precariat: A silhouette Thomas Stubbs, William Cochrane, Lynley Uerata, Darrin Hodgetts and Mohi Rua 115
2:9 How MA¯āori precariat families navigate social services Delta King, Mohi Rua and Darrin Hodgetts 124
2:10 Reproducing the precarious position of young MA¯āori mothers in Aotearoa New Zealand Felicity Ware, Mary Breheny and Margaret Forster 136
2:11 A game of Slides and Ladders: MA¯āori health providers and funders Bridgette Masters-Awatere 147
2:12 I’m tangata whenua, and I’m still here: MA¯āori youth homelessness Shiloh Groot, Tycho Vandenburg and Darrin Hodgetts 163
part 3: Arrivals past and present
Introduction Shiloh Groot and Clifford van Ommen 178
3:13 Can I have a decent job? The labour market experiences of non- European immigrants Paul Spoonley 183
3:14 Crossroads: Experiencing Samoan bereavement paradigms as an afakasi Samoan Byron Malaela Sotiata Seiuli and Philip Siataga 192
3:15 Pasifika women affected by domestic violence: The case of Teuila Bridgette Masters-Awatere and Jessica Gosche 203
3:16 Occupational justice: Samoan trans(gender) women Seraphine Williams and Shiloh Groot 216
3:17 Precarious refuge: A conversation with Abann Kamyay Ajak Yor Sarah Hahn 229
3:18 Performing the precariat: Acting for asylum seekers and refugees in Aotearoa New Zealand Rand Hazou 241
Conclusion: Towards Building An Equitable Society Shiloh Groot, Bridgette Masters-Awatere, Clifford van Ommen and Natasha Tassell-Matamua 254
Acknowledgements 258

About the Author

Shiloh Groot (Ngati Pikiao, Ngati Uenukukopako) is a lecturer in Social Psychology at the University of Auckland. Clifford van Ommen is a senior lecturer at the Centre for Psychology at Massey University. Bridgette Masters-Awatere (Te Rarawa, Tuwharetoa ki Kawerau, Ngai te Rangi) is a lecturer at the University of Waikato. Natasha Tassell-Matamua is a senior lecturer in the School of Psychology at Massey University.