About this episode

Anisha explores the growth of the rural Filipino migrant community over the past 20 years and engages in local basketball culture.

Anisha learns how the rural Filipino migrant community has grown in the last 20 years - and watches some basketball. You can find photos and read more about the stories in this episode on our webpage, here . With thanks to: Guillermo and Christina Tolentino, Kristine Asuncion, Aline Ciron, Vincent Travasas and Edwin Patulin Go to this episode on rnz.co.nz for more details

People in this episode

Host: Anisha

Topics covered

• migrants
• community
• basketball
• rural life
• Filipino culture

Keywords

• migrants
• Filipino community
• rural
• basketball
• community engagement

Mentioned in this episode

Places: Filipino

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