ABSTRACT
Based on the perspectives of different family generations, this chapter sheds light on a particular transnational migratory phenomenon that exists in many new Chinese immigrant families from China. The authors named the phenomena as “seasonal parents/grandparents”, indicating the routinised transnational movements between China and New Zealand of the older family members; namely, the grandparents. The chapter explores the factors which contribute to the formation of the phenomenon, including the macro-level factors, such as the immigration policy regime in New Zealand, especially the increasing policy restrictions against family reunifications, and other factors, such as the geolocations and living environments of sending and receiving countries as well as the evolving internal family dynamics among different generations.
