"Belonging" is a series of 10 portraits celebrating migrant women who made Palmy their new home. The exhibition reflects on the personal experience of the photographer, Aline Frey, as a migrant woman who chose Palmerston North as a new home for her family and herself.
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One of the images in the photographic exhibition "Belonging [Hononga] [Pertencimento]".
_"I'm Olivia En, a Vietnamese-Cambodian Kiwi. My family and I came to Aotearoa-New Zealand as refugees when I was three. I feel proud and blessed to call this...
Creator: Aline Frey
Date: November 2021
One of the images in the photographic exhibition "Belonging [Hononga] [Pertencimento]".
_"I have been living in Palmerston North since 2018. I love Palmy! People here are very welcoming. I have a community that always gave me lots of support whe...
Creator: Aline Frey
Date: November 2021
One of the images in the photographic exhibition "Belonging [Hononga] [Pertencimento]". _"Natsuko Petrucci, originally from Japan, came to New Zealand via Texas in 2003. She was employed by Massey University. Challenges that she faced at the begin...
Creator: Aline Frey
Date: November 2021
One of the images in the photographic exhibition "Belonging [Hononga] [Pertencimento]".
_"I came to live in Palmerston North in 2008, having spent my life until then in Zimbabwe, the country of my birth. My children, then three and six years ol...
Creator: Aline Frey
Date: December 2021
One of the images in the photographic exhibition "Belonging [Hononga] [Pertencimento]".
"I moved to New Zealand from the US in September 2003. I came here to be with my partner, Ruth. We are now married with two children.
_For the first decade...
Creator: Aline Frey
Date: December 2021
One of the images in the photographic exhibition "Belonging [Hononga] [Pertencimento]".
_"Jaspreet was born in India in the state of Rajasthan, which is known for its historical hill, forts, and palaces. After finishing her studies, Jaspreet's fi...
Creator: Aline Frey
Date: November 2021
One of the images in the photographic exhibition "Belonging [Hononga] [Pertencimento]".
_"My name was Eunice McLean when I arrived in New Zealand on the SS Rimutaka in November 1949, two days before my 8th birthday. My older sister and I were in ...
Creator: Aline Frey
Date: December 2021
One of the images in the photographic exhibition "Belonging [Hononga] [Pertencimento]".
_"My name is Laibar am 26 years old, I have five and six years old son. I come from Myanmar, my parent flee from Myanmar to Thailand refugee camp due to ongoi...
Creator: Aline Frey
Date: December 2021
One of the images in the photographic exhibition "Belonging [Hononga] [Pertencimento]".
"Talofa Lava,
O lo’u igoa o Poto Fa’aiuaso (née Talalelei). Ou te sau mai le nu’u Luatuanu’u. Ina ua ou sau mai Samoa i le tausaga e 1968.
_Ona ou fa’ai...
Creator: Aline Frey
Date: December 2021
One of the images in the photographic exhibition "Belonging [Hononga] [Pertencimento]". _"My name is Doris Adeyinka and am originally from Nigeria (West Africa). We moved with my family to New Zealand in January 2007 (15years). I came to New Zeala...
Creator: Aline Frey
Place: Palmerston North
Date: August 2021