Macro-level policy and micro-level planning: afrikaans-speaking immigrants in New Zealand Barkhuizen, Gary Knoch, Ute 10.4225/03/590937c024451 https://bridges.monash.edu/articles/journal_contribution/Macro-level_policy_and_micro-level_planning_afrikaans-speaking_immigrants_in_New_Zealand/4963211 This article reports on a study which investigated the language lives of Afrikaans-speaking South African immigrants in New Zealand. Particularly, it focuses on their awareness of and attitudes to language policy in both South Africa and New Zealand, and how these influence their own and their familys language practices. Narrative interviews with 28 participants living in towns and cities across New Zealand reveal that while living in South Africa they were generally aware of macro-level language policies in the country, and were able to articulate how these policies influenced language practices at work and within their families. The absence of an explicit national language policy in New Zealand means that these immigrants, on arrival in New Zealand, base their understanding of the linguistic context in the country on the language practices that they observe in their day-to-day lives. It is these observations which guide their decision-making with regard to their own and their familys language practices. Copyright 2006 Gary Barkhuizen and Ute Knoch. No part of this article may be reproduced by any means without the written consent of the publisher. 2017-05-03 01:51:58 1959.1/787576 Afrikaans immigrants monash:110289 journal article 1833-7139 10.2104/aral0603 Micro language planning New Zealand