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Growing up in New Zealand with a Chinese father and Pākehā mother, Rose never thought deeply about living between two cultures. She simply saw herself as Kiwi—until a family visit to China gave her permission to recognise another part of herself.
In this heartfelt conversation, Rose reflects on her relationship with her father, a respected Tai Chi master from Shanghai, the language and traditions that shaped her childhood, and the moment she realised how easily her Chinese identity could be lost. She shares how forgetting how to write her Chinese name awakened a desire to reconnect with her heritage and understand the deeper meaning it carries.
This episode explores mixed identity, family, language, culture, and belonging—not as separate halves, but as pieces woven together into one beautiful, complete self.