One of the Talk With Me winners, Kate Brooks, 17, from Timaru, wrote about her friendship with Kifah.
Creative Corner / Kokona Auaha
Talk With Me: Never, Never
Three winners have been announced for Talk With Me, the national writing competition for secondary school students on the refugee experience. Juliette Varuhas, 14, from Wellington Girls’ College, wrote this poem.
Talk with Me: Happiness is Ubiquitous
Nosia Fogogo, 18, a refugee from Burundi, Africa who now lives in Auckland, wrote this personal story for Talk With Me.
YOUR CHANCE TO WRITE TO THE NATION!
This is your opportunity to have your thoughts and passions, concerns and convictions published in a book titled ‘Dear New Zealand ’. Write a letter on either cultural identity/diversity, environmental sustainability, international relations or social justice.
MOVIES WITH A MESSAGE
People say that a picture is worth a thousand words. Well, a movie must be worth a million then. Over the last few years there seem to have been a heap of brilliant documentaries
BEAUTIFUL THE WORD
Leah Millis, a 17 year old American friend of Just Focus member Geoff Cooper, describes her trip to Haiti. She mulls over the word “beautiful” in this very different context.
Let’s End Poverty Together!
Between August and October 2005 a group of dedicated students from Athena Montessori College in Wellington started investigating poverty.
They ended up painting a mural at the intersection of Ghuznee and Willis Streets in Wellington.
Why…?
by Kate Thompson, Wellington
Why can’t we see beyond a face,
Beyond a belief, or a race?
New places
By VAIOA ULUGA
Colonisation wrecked countries
Couldn’t live da way we wanted to be free
Claimed independence…
