Portrait
人物肖像
A portrait collection of the people I’ve spoken to from 2024 to the present.
They are, prime minister, refugees who arrived in New Zealand in the 1930s, chess players, second-generation Māori and Chinese families, farmer, hospice doctor, tattoo artists, designer, bookstore owner, lion dance performer, bonsai artist, comedians, historians…
Charlie Wong, 91, travelled to Auckland with his mother and older brother via Hong Kong and Australia in 1930s as a war refugee.
Chinese Premier Li Qiang and New Zealand Prime Minister Christopher Luxon.
Designer Guo Pei.
Sai Vivan Karthikeya Somaraju and Luna Lu will compete in the chess World Cup.
Auckland Chess Centre president Bruce Wheeler.
Mikaela Mee-Sahn Hanara Joe embraces all aspects of her Māori and Chinese heritages.
Zhang Xintao, an underground idol who performs under the name Moonblossom Midori.
Li Xin, 36, has filled her home with more than 6000 Chinese-language manga titles.
Dr James Jap in a hospice hospital.
27th Bakels NZ Supreme Pie Award winner Samraksmey So.
Judy Cheung, 87, early refugee, with her husband.
Allan Fong.
Jess Karamjeet is founder of the Pan-Asian Comedy School Aotearoa.
Historian Manying Ip.
Fang Hua, used to be the owner of a Chinese-language bookshop in Auckland.
Liu Chengde has been teaching lion dance movements to younger generations for more than three decades.
Tattoo artist Xixi.
Bonsai artist Lin Huosheng.
Chinese comedians Summer Xia and Annie Guo are set to debut their first solo stand-up shows at this year's New Zealand International Comedy Festival.
Wang Wei, owner of the Little Panda Takeaway.
Lily Lee discusses the experiences of Chinese refugees in a book titled Farewell Guangdong.