Helen Yeung

Guest writer

Helen is an Auckland-based writer, zine-maker and activist working with marginalised communities in Aotearoa. She is the founder of Migrant Zine Collective, which aims to amplify the voices of migrants-of-colour through self-publishing and storytelling practices.

Performance artists Aiwa Pooamorn and Gemishka Chetty (supplied)

Timid? As if! Asian New Zealand women on racism and resistance

From academia to activism to media, Asian women are often ridiculed, overlooked and dismissed. Helen Yeung talks to some Asian New Zealand women about the everyday racism they face – and how they're fighting back.

By Helen Yeung | 22nd November, 2019