A Transnational Lens to Investigate Late‐Life Chinese Immigrants' Daily Challenges and Information Practices in New Zealand

ABSTRACT Population ageing and global migration are two formidable trends significantly transforming many countries' demographic profiles. This paper adopts transnationalism to investigate late‐life Chinese immigrants' (65 years and over) everyday challenges and information practices in New Zealand. The findings result from a reflexive thematic analysis of in‐depth interviews of 47 older Chinese immigrants. We found that interviewees' challenges and information needs involved New Zealand‐ and China‐oriented issues, reflecting their transnational characteristics. Their information needs primarily targeted their daily challenges. Meanwhile, interviewees' challenges and information needs varied according to their settlement stages (newcomers vs. long‐established immigrants). In contrast, the settlement stage‐based divergencies of their information sources were not obvious. Interviewees' information‐seeking behaviours were both random and purposeful. The findings offer helpful suggestions for policymakers to improve social service and information delivery systems. They also expand our understanding of late‐life immigrants' local integration into host countries.