Robin Hyde, born Iris Guiver Wilkinson, was a New Zealand journalist, poet and novelist who raised her middle finger at the expectations of housewifery in post-WWI society by travelling solo to the frontline in China during the war with Japan in 1938. The resulting work was Dragon Rampant. “I haven’t attempted anything so presumptuous as a book about China– only aContinueContinue reading “Why Robin Hyde is My Homegirl”
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The 75th Anniversary of Chinese War Refugees in New Zealand
Seventy five years ago, 239 women and 244 children fled the brutal Japanese invasion of Canton and made their way to New Zealand; marking the beginning Chinese family settlement in Aotearoa. Kiwese spoke with Helen Wong from the New Zealand Chinese Association to find out more. Hi Helen! What’s your family’s story in New Zealand? My family are from Jung Seng (nowContinueContinue reading “The 75th Anniversary of Chinese War Refugees in New Zealand”
Friendship through the ink: Interview with Stan Chan
Last month, Kiwese spoke to Stan Chan the Man, about growing up in Hong Kong, Chinese watercolour painting and returning inkLink Art Studio to its rightful space on Left Bank after an eight year hiatus. Hey Stan! Tell us a bit about where you’re from? I was born in China, then we moved to Hong Kong when I was four. AfterContinueContinue reading “Friendship through the ink: Interview with Stan Chan”
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