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.
Refugees / Hunga Rerenga
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.
Refugees - We are everywhere
There are 12.8 million refugees in the world. That is about three times the population of Aotearoa New Zealand!
Do You Speak English?
Racial prejudice is founded on a lack of awareness; we fear what we do not understand. It occurs in varying degrees, from throwaway remarks, to the increasing number of brutal attacks on ethnic people in New Zealand.
Life under the Taleban
By Amina Lafaraie. This is her story of how her family were forced to hide from the Taleban in the city of Kabul in Afghanistan.
New Zealand is my second home now
Before escaping to New Zealand, Amina Lafaraie, 16, and her family were forced to hide from the Taleban in the city of Kabul in Afghanistan. This is her story of her experience. Amina talks to Paul Zoubkov about her life in New Zealand and memories of Kabul and the recent war in Afghanistan.
New Zealand is my second home now
Amina talks to Paul Zoubkov about her life in New Zealand and memories of Kabul and the recent war in Afghanistan.
