Portrait
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.
Mikaela Mee-Sahn Hanara Joe embraces all aspects of her Māori and Chinese heritages.
Sai Vivan Karthikeya Somaraju and Luna Lu will compete in the chess World Cup.
Auckland Chess Centre president Bruce Wheeler.
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.
Allan Fong.
Dr James Jap in a hospice hospital.
Judy Cheung, 87, early refugee, with her husband.
Designer Guo Pei.
Historian Manying Ip.
Jess Karamjeet is founder of the Pan-Asian Comedy School Aotearoa.
Fang Hua, used to be the owner of a Chinese-language bookshop in Auckland.
Tattoo artist Xixi.
Liu Chengde has been teaching lion dance movements to younger generations for more than three decades.
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.