Cultural safety in our mental health system is a collective responsibility
Maria Milmine is a counsellor and part of a small collective of Filipino therapists. She speaks about working in our mental health system.Read more
2023-03-16
Why we need to reframe the conversation on ‘Asian’ mental health in Aotearoa
People of Asian heritages face many well-documented obstacles to their mental and physical wellbeing in Aotearoa – these include dealing with anti-Asian racism, xenophobia, migration stress, and access and language difficulties (or alternatively, generational language and cultural loss). In the video below, we hear from several knowledge holders working in the Asian mental health space as they outline the key issues we need to tackle to open the door to positive change.Read more
2023-02-16
What does it mean to be ‘Chinese’ in Aotearoa? An interview with Ya-Wen Ho
You can never assume what a person’s relationship to a language is, says Ya-Wen Ho in a conversation with Grace Gassin, Curator Asian New Zealand Histories, about her past and present connections with heritage Chinese languages.Read more
2022-08-23
The Cipiyak Project – stories of Japanese connections with Aotearoa
Curator Grace Gassin introduces a new project highlighting taonga in the national collection belonging to Ainu, an indigenous people of 日本 Japan, as well as stories of Japanese migration to Aotearoa New Zealand.Read more
2022-04-21
‘There is a future for minority languages’: interpreter Henry Liu on Hakka
In the latest instalment of the Chinese Languages in Aotearoa project, curator Grace Gassin talks with interpreter Henry Lu about Hakka, and how it inspired his career.Read more
2022-02-21
‘It’s who I am’: publisher and typeface designer Jack Yan on Cantonese
In this third instalment of the Chinese Languages in Aotearoa project, curator Grace Gassin and magazine publisher and typeface designer Jack Yan talk about Cantonese, an especially significant language in the history of Chinese migration to Aotearoa New Zealand.Read more
2021-10-26
‘This is the identity of our ancestors’: Little Penang’s Tee Phee on nurturing Hokkien
In this second instalment of the Chinese Languages in Aotearoa project, curator Grace Gassin and Tee Phee of Wellington’s Little Penang restaurant introduce Hokkien, a Chinese language originating in the southern Chinese province of Fujian.Read more
2021-09-23
The community coalition bridging the gaps in Aotearoa’s Covid-19 response
Around the time of last year’s nationwide lockdown, a coalition of local Korean community groups came together to address gaps in the national Covid-19 response. Here, Curator Asian New Zealand Histories Dr Grace Gassin highlights their work.Read more
2021-09-21
Exploring Asian Aotearoa’s diverse cultures through languages
Today we’re publicly kicking off Voices of Asian Aotearoa. Under this initiative, we’ll be generating a variety of projects focused on the languages and cultural identities of different Asian New Zealand communities. Curator Grace Gassin introduces our first project, Chinese Languages in Aotearoa, which also includes a callout for the next stage – illustrators, we’d like to hear from you!Read more
2021-07-28
Migrant and international student perspectives on Covid-19 in Aotearoa
In February we ran a workshop focussing on the Covid-19 experiences of people from international student and migrant backgrounds (including partners and family members), co-facilitated by researcher Sarah Jane D. Lipura. Here, Curator Asian New Zealand Histories Dr Grace Gassin shares insights from the kōrero. If there is one thingRead more
2021-04-01
Making histories: reflecting on experiences of Covid-19
Curator Asian New Zealand Histories Dr Grace Gassin introduces Making Histories – a Te Papa project exploring different experiences of the Covid-19 pandemic. Read more
2021-02-19