Zach Stephen

Our Aotearoa

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Our Aotearoa project poster

Bachelor of Creative Media Production

Working on Our Aotearoa has been an amazing experience. Being able to use my art to represent the diversity of our country has been very educational and eye opening. I hope to continue using my animation to tell stories like the ones shared in Our Aotearoa as they are important to me. I’m really proud of the work that my team and I have accomplished this year and I hope you enjoy it!

Our Aotearoa is an animated documentary series that speaks to immigrants' personal experiences of living in Aotearoa. These episodes explore themes of racism, discrimination, loss, loneliness, and maintaining cultural ties while living in another country. We feel there is little multicultural representation in mainstream media in Aotearoa. This project's purpose is to help open a dialogue for a more diverse representation of Aotearoa – the one we know, Our Aotearoa.