What are New Zealand values? And is there such a thing as the New Zealand national character?
James Liu Photo: supplied
Why does the tide appear to be turning against migrants in many countries around the world, towards closed borders, and a harking back to the "good old days”?
Professor James Liu is the head of Massey University's School of Psychology is a Chinese-American New Zealander.
He was born in Taiwan, the son of mainland Chinese parents, who he calls the “flotsam and jetsam” of the Chinese civil war.
His father was a Chinese philosopher, the family moving to Southern Illinois in the 1960s.
Professor Liu moved to this country more than 20 years ago, where New Zealand's bi-cultural backbone struck him as a cornerstone of the kiwi way.
His research is in cross-cultural, social and political psychology as well as global consciousness and the influence of the digital age.
Professor Liu talks to Kathryn Ryan.
