'Show some Gratitude'—How This Rhetoric Shapes Views on Immigration, Even for Migrants

'Show some gratitude'—how this rhetoric shapes views on immigration, even for migrants

New Zealand First leader Winston Peters is known for targeting immigrants with inflammatory comments about their place in their new country. He made headlines last year when he urged immigrants who "come here with their ideas, foreign to our country" to "show some gratitude."

‘Show some gratitude’ – how this rhetoric shapes views on immigration, even for migrants

Nazar Abbas Photography/Getty ImagesNew Zealand First leader Winston Peters is known for targeting immigrants with inflammatory comments about their place in their new country. He made headlines last year when he urged immigrants who “come here with their ideas, foreign to our country” to “show some gratitude”. Recently, he doubled down, insisting the “Kiwi dream” was not for just anybody who “decides to come to our great country […] we have bui…