| Welcome to our world?: Immigration and the reshaping of New Zealand P Spoonley, R Bedford Dunmore Pub., 2012 | 227 | 2012 |
| Islands, islanders and the world: the colonial and post-colonial experience of eastern Fiji T Bayliss-Smith, R Bedford, H Brookfield Cambridge University Press, 2006 | 171 | 2006 |
| New Hebridean Mobility: a study of circular migration RD Bedford (No Title), 1973 | 166 | 1973 |
| Asian transnational families in New Zealand: Dynamics and challenges E Ho, R Bedford International Migration 46 (4), 41-62, 2008 | 118 | 2008 |
| The Recognised Seasonal Employer policy: seeking the elusive triple wins for development through international migration S Ramasamy, V Krishnan, R Bedford, C Bedford Pacific Economic Bulletin 23 (3), 171-186, 2008 | 110 | 2008 |
| Population movement in the Pacific: A perspective on future prospects R Bedford, G Hugo Department of Labour, Te Tari Mahi, 2012 | 104 | 2012 |
| International migration and climate change: A post-Copenhagen perspective on options for Kiribati and Tuvalu R Bedford, C Bedford Climate change and migration: South Pacific perspectives 89, 2010 | 104 | 2010 |
| Divided loyalties and fractured sovereignty: Transnationalism and the nation-state in Aotearoa/New Zealand P Spoonley, R Bedford, C Macpherson Journal of Ethnic and Migration Studies 29 (1), 27-46, 2003 | 96 | 2003 |
| International migration in New Zealand: Context, components and policy issues R Bedford, E Ho, J Lidgard University of Waikato, Population Studies Centre, 2000 | 94 | 2000 |
| 2001: reflections on the spatial odysseys of New Zealanders R Bedford New Zealand Geographer 57 (1), 49-54, 2001 | 75 | 2001 |
| New Zealand: The politicization of immigration R Bedford Migration Information Source 1, 2003 | 71 | 2003 |
| Asians in New Zealand: Implications of a changing demography R Bedford, ES Ho Asia NZ Foundation, 2008 | 70 | 2008 |
| From targets to outcomes: Immigration policy in New Zealand, 1996–2003 R Bedford, ES Ho, J Lidgard New Zealand and International Migration. A Digest and Bibliography 4, 1-43, 2005 | 67 | 2005 |
| Trans-Tasman migration in context: recent flows of New Zealanders revisited [The research that underpins this paper is being carried out by the University of Waikato's … E Ho, G Hugo, R Bedford People and Place 11 (4), 53-62, 2003 | 66 | 2003 |
| Who are the" Pacific Peoples"? Ethnic Identification and the New Zealand Census R Bedford, R Didham Tangata o te moana nui: The evolving identities of Pacific peoples in …, 2001 | 66 | 2001 |
| Managed temporary labour migration of Pacific islanders to Australia and New Zealand in the early twenty-first century R Bedford, C Bedford, J Wall, M Young Population, Migration and Settlement in Australia and the Asia-Pacific, 211-232, 2018 | 63 | 2018 |
| A transition in circular mobility: population movement in the New Hebrides 1800–1970 RD Bedford The Pacific in transition: Geographical perspectives on adaptation and …, 1973 | 58 | 1973 |
| Competing for talent: diffusion of an innovation in New Zealand's immigration policy R Bedford, P Spoonley International Migration Review 48 (3), 891-911, 2014 | 57 | 2014 |
| Pasifika mobility: pathways, circuits and challenges in the 21st century R Bedford Report for the Pasifika Project, Institute of Policy Studies, Wellington …, 2007 | 57 | 2007 |
| Migration and climate change in Oceania J Campbell, R Bedford, R Bedford People on the move in a changing climate: The regional impact of …, 2013 | 55 | 2013 |
