This blog highlights some famous contemporary Chinese people in New Zealand in different fields, including world-renowned haute couturier Guo Pei’s fashion (now showing at the Auckland Museum), and Geeling Ng, currently Geeling Ching, an actress and model. This list also features filmmaker Roseanne Liang and Meng Foon, who was the Mayor of Gisborne and Race Relations Commissioner.

Guo Pei : couture beyond
“The first major book on China’s leading couture visionary reveals the intricate craftsmanship and imperial glamour that has fashion publications worldwide declaring Guo Pei’s creations. including the aureate cape Rihanna wore to the 2015 Met Gala to a gown festooned with 200,000 crystals featured in the Beijing Olympics, distinguishes Guo Pei as a worthy heir to the grand tradition of haute couture. An exponent of artisan craftsmanship and theatrical fantasy.” (Adapted from the Catalogue)

Banana in a nutshell
“Having fallen in love with a white New Zealand boy, 27-year-old Rosanne Liang turns the camera on herself in this thoroughly intimate self-account of the struggle to gain acceptance from traditional Chinese parents.” (Adapted from the Catalogue)

 

Great New Zealand argument : ideas about ourselves
“Tze Ming Mok is a prominent writer in New Zealand, a column writer at the Sunday Star-Times, and of Singapore and Malaysian Chinese descendent.  This book features: Ideas about ourselves is a collection of some of the most important writing about who New Zealanders are and how we are changing, spanning 70 years of our history. It includes the first published transcript of David Lange’s momentous 1985 Oxford Union debate speech, arguing the proposition that ‘Nuclear weapons are morally indefensible’.” (Adapted from the Catalogue)

The Jaquie Brown odyssey
“Since losing her job on McHuntly at 7, Jaquie has hit rock bottom. Her only chance to climb back up the media ladder is a co-hosting gig on radio with the equally bitter and even more disgruntled James Coleman.” (Adapted from Catalogue)

Bic Runga’s Drive / Johnson, Henry Mabley
“From entering a high-school music competition to being honoured with the New Zealand Order of Merit, Bic Runga has an established place within contemporary popular music. Focusing on her iconic album, Drive, this book also illuminates key stages of her career. The book discusses the performer’s rise to stardom, musical style, accolades and performance achievements. Blending popular music studies with media analysis, the book offers a detailed study of Runga’s debut and critically acclaimed album.” (Adapted from Amazon.com)

Leaders like you : New Zealand leaders share stories of courage, failure and commitment / Sceats, Nick
“Through candid interviews, Leaders Like You reveals what makes New Zealand leaders tick. In doing so it debunks many myths about leadership, not the least being that leaders are super heroes. Leaders Like You shows that leaders are everyday Kiwis.”– Provided by publisher.” (Catalogue)