The 2020 prize-giving
The online prize-giving began with karakia and welcome, followed by comments from guest Meng Foon and an overview of the project journey and kaupapa by Bev Hong.
Karakia and welcome to the 2020 Aotearoa Poster Competition online prize-giving by Reverend Danny Karatene-Goddard.
Commentary by Meng Foon (New Zealand Race Relations Commissioner).
Overview of the project’s kaupapa and key team members - Bev Hong.
An essential component - the key collaborating groups spoke about the project aims and their involvement
Introduction by Bev Hong, Aotearoa Poster Competition team.
Kelly Feng - National Director, Asian Family Services.
Jenny Too - Vice President, New Zealand Chinese Association.
Vishal Rishi - Director, The Asian Network Incorporated (TANI).
The 14 finalist poster entries accompanied by song
An original theme song has been composed for the Aotearoa Poster Competition with a specially adapted version to reflect the theme for 2020. Music composed by Scott Pilgrim. Lyrics and vocals: te reo Māori - Marama Te Kiri , Huifen Luo - Chinese (Mandarin), Esther U - Chinese (Cantonese), and Scott Pilgrim - English.
The 14 finalist posters with original 2020 focused theme song - "We're all in this together" with te reo Māori, Mandarin, Cantonese and English verses.
The four judges each spoke to two of the top eight finalist posters
Competition Judge Lynda Chanwai-Earle talks about 2 of the top 8 finalist posters.
Competition Judge Michel Tuffery talks about 2 of the top 8 finalist posters.
Competition Judge Mark Amery talks about 2 of the top 8 finalist posters.
Competition Judge Kerry Ann Lee talks about 2 of the top 8 finalist posters.
The category winners were announced.
Race Relations Commissioner Meng Foon announced and congratulated the category winners who each spoke in response. See the video clips here.
We ended with closing comments and karakia
Closing comments and karakia - 2020 Aotearoa Poster Competition prize-giving by Reverend Danny Karatene-Goddard.