Between Dreams: Resistance and Representation in Asian Aotearoa

Edited by Grace Gassin

Publication: May 2026
Pages: 288
Format: Flexibind with jacket
ISBN: 978-1-99-116558-9

RRP: $50

This landmark collection presents fresh, progressive perspectives on what it means to be ‘Asian’ in Aotearoa.

Te Papa curator Grace Gassin draws together journalists, researchers, activists, filmmakers and political commentators to relate experiences of living between cultures and and to explore the legacies of New Zealand’s diverse Asian diaspora histories.

Featuring a broad range of taonga from the museum’s collections, this timely book brings these social histories into focus, revealing shared themes of resistance and representation that offer ways to reckon with the past and imagine new futures.

Contributions by: Umi Asaka, Mohan Dutta, Christopher Fung, Rebekah Jaung, Tze Ming Mok, Keith Ng, Sun-Min Elle Park, Sapna Samant, Balamohan Shingade, Isaac Te Awa (Ngāpuhi, Kāti Māmoe, Kāi Tahu, Waitaha) and Sidney Wong.