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Overview
This digital poster was created by the Auckland Korean Students Association (AKSA) at the University of Auckland in 2020 around the time of the nationwide Level 4 lockdown. It explains how to create QR codes which could be scanned using the Covid Tracer App and was designed to support local Korean business owners with limited English proficiency.
The poster was first uploaded to KakaoTalk (a popular Korean messaging app) and posted on various Korean media and KakaoTalk channels. It was subsequently shared by a group of Korean business owners who were meeting in Wellington and spread much further through various related networks. The group also created another poster for the public explaining how to use the QR codes.
Korean Coalition and the Auckland Korean Students Association
The Korean Coalition was established during the nationwide lockdown during March 2020 when several local Korean community groups came together to help bridge significant gaps in the initial government Covid-19 response for the benefit of people in their communities. Co-ordinated remotely via the popular social media platform Kakaotalk, the Coalition setup enabled the groups to communicate with each other more easily, identify important gaps and recruit each other’s help. By the end of the first nationwide lockdown in April 2020, the group consisted of around 40 people from the following groups: Korean Medical Students Association (now New Zealand Korean Medical Association), Korean Wellness Society, Auckland Korean Students Association, Auckland Korean Society Inc., The Korea Post.
Around 15 members of the Auckland Korean Students Association, based at the University of Auckland and led by Eunsol Choi, joined these conversations and agreed to create rapid translations of the New Zealand government's daily 1pm and 4pm Covid-19 press briefings. They also created posters featuring Korean translations of important Covid -19-related information to help keep the community safe and up-to-date.