The conducted Structural Equation Model distinguishes vital group-based dominance (SDO) and threat-driven social cohesion (RWA) motives inspiring prejudice towards Chinese immigrants in New Zealand (NZ), and nuances in the Dual Process Model (DPM) of Ideology and Prejudice that disclose subtle differences in the ways SDO and RWA are tied with tightly linked but different sides of NZ-ers’ stances as to intergroup relations with Chinese people.