A group of refugees in Auckland are using T-shirts and the world of augmented reality to share their stories.
They call themselves the "youth butterflies", and hope the concept will help to remove any stigma around migrants.
Yobithan Rajaratnam and Millad Aashidi both fled their countries for a better life in New Zealand.
But Mr Rajaratnam told Newshub many refugees struggle to integrate.
"When I was in the Work and Income office, the lady, she was struggling to understand what my needs are because I recently arrived," he said.
"She didn't know where I was going to head to, or what jobs I should apply for."
The pair say that lack of understanding is what fuels social barriers.
So they hatched a plan with ten other migrants to share their stories and give a deeper meaning to the humble T-shirt.
"We just wear them for fashion or model, but we made it for people to wear it for passion, and to wear it to support something," Mr Rajaratnam said.
So far the group have two designs. The first, of a moon and stars, depicts the story of a 5-year-old child who crossed the Sudan-Chad border.
"The only thing that he was remembering was moons and stars... because most of the time when we cross borders we use night-time," Mr Rajaratnam said.
The second called 'Paper Boat' shows Mr Rajaratnam's journey across the Pacific Ocean.
Each T-shirt is printed with a QR code that after being scanned takes you to a full version of each story.
The group are also developing an app that will use augmented reality with each design.
"When you scan it the AR will display using our app, the whole scene will move," Mr Rajaratnam said.
A video with voice-over will then play on your smartphone.
The group have just started selling the T-shirts, and hope to roll out the augmented reality version by the end of the year.
In the meantime they're looking for more stories to tell.
"That helps integration to go better because then it solves big problems like employment," Mr Rajaratnam said.
To view and buy the t-shirts click here.
Newshub.
