Chinese Footprints: A Walking Tour of Chinese Wellington History

Lynette Shum, Chinese Footprints walk, 2022. Nigel Murphy is in the background. Photographer Pip Oldham

Join Lynette Shum (Oral History Advisor, Alexander Turnbull Library) and historian Nigel Murphy to discover the rich history of Pōneke's Chinese community.

Chinese Footprints, led by Lynette Shum (Oral History Advisor, Alexander Turnbull Library) and historian Nigel Murphy, will take attendees on a walking tour exploring the rich history of the Chinese in Wellington, much of which has been erased and now largely invisible to passers-by.

The tour will draw on images, ephemera, and oral history from the collections of the Alexander Turnbull Library.

The tour starts with a scene-setting presentation at Trades Hall and finishes at the same place with a pot of Chinese tea.

Health & Safety

The wearing of shoes and sunscreen and/or a hat is recommended. Care will be needed as we cross several busy roads.

Location

Meet at Trades Hall, 124 Vivian Street, Te Aro, Wellington

Regions

Wellington CBD

Wellington

Tags

Walking Tour

Event times

Fully booked

1:30-3:30pm Wed 30 Oct

Booking requiredKoha

Cost: $5 koha recommended

Fully booked

10am-12pm Wed 6 Nov

Booking requiredKoha

Cost: $5 koha recommended

Lynette Shum - Alexander Turnbull Library

Lynette Shum, a third generation Poon Yu Chinese New Zealander, is Oral History Advisor for the Alexander Turnbull Library and has been researching Chinese Wellington history for many decades. Her first home was on the fringes of Chinatown, yet she was unaware of its existence until starting on what was to become the Haining Street Oral History Project. She has completed an MA on the topic.

Email: ATLOutreach@dia.govt.nz

Phone: 044623977

Nigel Murphy

Nigel Murphy has been researching, writing, and lecturing on Chinese New Zealand history for almost 40 years. His interests include the politics of Chinese New Zealanders, their organisations and associations, their social and cultural lives, their home villages, and their transnational connections with other Chinese overseas communities, the lives of Chinese women in New Zealand and at home in China, the history of Chinese people in Wellington, and many other Chinese New Zealand topics.