Collection Thirteen — Belonging

MMM collaborated with Auckland's Central City Library at their Speak Auckland event in June 2021 to engage the community with our MMM Post-box, Tell-a-phone and creative workshops, asking them to share their stories about community and belonging. The submissions you see here are a collection of these stories, visualised by Bianca and Andrea Mendoza.

Contributors responded to the prompts "What makes Auckland so special to you?", "When or where do you feel you belong?" and "What matters to you right now?"

"Nothing. There's nothing special about Auckland. It's a hole. A disgrace..."

Sydney

"I love Auckland because this is a beautiful city with a lot of aroha, a lot of diversity..."

Diverse

"Auckland is beautiful because of the people"

Beautiful People

"When I was 5 years old, I came to Auckland for the first time. It was pretty mind-blowing. That's why I like Auckland."

Mind-blowing

"Auckland is meaningful to me, special to me, because all of the people I know in Auckland are in Auckland"

People in Auckland

"Yeah, I really like eating overpriced food. It's pretty good..."

Overpriced Food

"I also think that Auckland is very nice." "But you should add more cool paintings at the gallery please..."

Paintings Please

"One thing I've always loved about Auckland is the beaches. You're never too far from a beach where you can chill out whenever you feel like..."

Beaches

"White, green spaces. The spacious parks. The tuis and other birds singing away..."

Wide, Open Harbour

"I like the diversity of Auckland."

Diversity

"Auckland is very special because I'm part of Auckland..."

Special

"What does community mean to me. Um, community means inclusiveness of all races, um, a safe space, I guess."

Inclusiveness

"What matters to you right now. Health and time..."

Time

"Making people laugh. Have a good day"

Laughter

"What matters to myself now? Um, being with family, uh, being surrounded by light.."

Present

"So what matters to me right now I guess it would be relationships..."

New Home

"What matters to me right now is family..."

Family

"What matters to me right now. I don't know. Sometimes I honestly don't know.."

Appreciated

Collection Thirteen — Belonging

Needing to belong is part of being human. The last year of social isolation for communities around the world has had a significant impact on the way we connect with our whānau and friends. We got our community to share their stories about a time or place they felt they belonged.

MMM collaborated with Auckland's Central City Library at their Speak Auckland event in June 2021 to engage the community with our MMM Post-box, Tell-a-phone and creative workshops, asking them to share their stories about community and belonging. The submissions you see here are a collection of these stories, visualised by Bianca and Andrea Mendoza.

Belonging is part of the Community Series.

Contributors responded to the prompts "What makes Auckland so special to you?", "When or where do you feel you belong?" and "What matters to you right now?"

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