About The Pandemic Chronicles

An introduction from Grace Gassin, Curator Asian New Zealand Histories.

Return Home

During the Covid-19 pandemic, Andi is forced to move back in with their family. There, they find within themselves an unexpected hope and clarity emerging from uncertainty.

• 回家 (Return Home – Traditional Chinese)
• 回家 (Return Home – Simplified Chinese)

The Worlds I Live In

Wuhanese international student Xinyi makes an anxious, memorable trip to the supermarket during the first nationwide lockdown in March 2020.

• 繽紛的世界 (The Worlds I Live In – Traditional Chinese)
• 缤纷的世界 (The Worlds I Live In – Simplified Chinese)

Awakened

Lisa struggles to manage both home-schooling her children and completing her own studies amidst the ongoing global crisis. Navigating these challenges as a single mother and Taiwanese New Zealander leads to a powerful personal awakening.

• 覺醒 (Awakened – Traditional Chinese)
• 覺醒 (Awakened – Simplified Chinese)

The Food of the People

Three generations of James’s family take the opportunity to delve deeper into their shared familial and cultural heritage during Alert Level 3.

• 用食物連結彼此 (The Food of the People – Cantonese)
• 用食物連結彼此 (The Food of the People – Traditional Chinese)
• 用食物連結彼此 (The Food of the People – Simplified Chinese)

New online comics document lockdown life of Chinese New Zealanders

An interview with curator Grace Gassin about The Pandemic Chronicles.