Zak Waipara
Zak Waipara (Rongowhakaata, Ngāti Ruapani, Ngāti Porou, Ngāti Kahungunu) is a lecturer in Digital Media, at AUT, and previously taught at Animation College. He has worked in animation for Māori Television’s children’s show Mīharo, as a graphic artist at the NZ Herald, written and drawn comics and illustrated a range of books, and in 2022 completed his PhD on comics, children’s books and indigenous storytelling at Auckland University of Technology.
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