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The quiet achievers : from gardens to gold medals

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"Take a tour round Auckland with Adrian and his por por (grandmother) as they meet the people and visit the places behind the city's Chinese stories. The Quiet Achievers is a collaboration between graphic artist Ant Sang and writer Helene Wong, created for the exhibition Being Chinese in Aotearoa: A photographic journey, at Auckland Museum."--Back cover.

Last Update: 23 Jul 2026

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The quiet achievers : from gardens to gold medals

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Anthony Sang (PRIMARY MAKER)
Auckland War Memorial Museum (PRIMARY MAKER)
Helene Wong (PRIMARY MAKER)

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Tamaki Paenga Hira Auckland War Memorial Museum

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2017?

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12 unnumbered pages : colour illustrations ; 30 cm

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9780473387280

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Chinese New Zealanders--Biography/Library of Congress subject headings

Chinese New Zealanders--History/Library of Congress subject headings

Chinese New Zealanders--Social life and customs/Library of Congress subject headings

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[Keywords: Auckland (N.Z.) - Biography; Auckland (N.Z.) - History]

Supported by the Asia new Zealand Foundation. Accompanies the exhibition Being Chinese in Aotearoa: A photographic journey, held at the Sainsbury Horrocks Gallery, Auckland War Memorial Museum, 10 February 2017-4 March 2018.

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Ant Sang grew up in New Zealand and Hong Kong, and absorbed a heady diet of comics, cartoons, anime, sci-fi, and kung-fu films. In the mid-1990s. Sang began writing, drawing, and self-publishing comics. He's now an award-winning graphic novelist whose work has been published worldwide.

Helene Wong was born in Taihape and grew up in Lower Hutt. She has been a film and television actor and director, a scriptwriter and a social policy adviser to former Prime Minister Sir Robert Muldoon. Wong is now a full-time writer and in 2016 published her memoir Being Chinese: A New Zealander's Story.

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23 Jul 2026

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