Programme: Layers of Identity

Episode Published: 21/3/2025 6:00 a.m.

Vika, a Year 13 student at Queen’s High School, shares insights from her essay on the experience of being a Russian adoptee living in New Zealand and dreams of learning more about her family in Russia. Ōtepoti Dunedin’s creative rangatahi explore their whakapapa through powerful stories of their identity, culture, and belonging through poetry and essays on ‘Layers of Identity’. Proudly supported by Dunedin City Council Arts Grant, Dunedin Public Libraries, Dunedin UNESCO City of Literature and NZ on Air.