Sabry

I’m originally from Egypt. My wife is Filipino, she got a job offer as a nurse. Then I decided to come to visit. So I visited, but I never went back. I just like the environment, like the people. We came here, maybe, in 2005. I come from an Arabic background, so of course, the […]

Aman

I moved here as a student initially, so I’ve done my post graduate diploma in Business Management here. In India, I did a Bachelor’s in Commerce. The whole time in New Zealand, it’s always been on my mind to start something of my own. I wanted to start a business. I’m very lucky that I […]

Tarryn

It’s only since I’ve been in my 30s that I’ve had proper conversations about being Māori. I started to question all of that stuff when I moved away. I left New Zealand just before I turned 19. I went to Australia for a few years, to the UK for a couple of years, then back […]

Raviv – Part 2

Sarah (ranger) came to me last year and said, Look, we have these health and safety boards, would you like one? I said, Yeah, that will be lovely, but what about one in te reo Māori? She gave me the one in English, and about three months later, she comes to me, here it is […]

Raviv – Part 1

“I’ve worked for corrections for 14 years and so far, 220,080 trees in the ground. You know, a guy goes through the park. He sees one guy digging holes and one covering it. ‘What are you doing?’ ‘The guy that puts the plant in is off sick today!’ That’s a little Russian joke. I’m from […]

Emanuele

She was a fish seller in, I think, central South Vietnam. There was a market. She had the typical hat with a red strap. She had red lipstick, she had beautiful eyes, and she was in the shade. She looked at the camera. I took the picture. I can actually see the reflection of the […]

Elissa – Part 2

A lot of adults don’t play. I was in the city for whatever, I think I was with a colleague. We had just been to the convention centre and we walked back to where we parked. There were some puddles, and instead of walking around, I jumped onto one of the blocks, and ‘boink, boink’ […]

Elissa – Part 1

I’m pretty sure I’ve got an ADHD brain. I’ve had my first three assessments, because I want to learn more about myself. My whole life I’ve kind of been a generalist. I’m interested in everything. And marketing, it’s a generalist kind of discipline. I probably would have gone into something more artistic if I hadn’t […]

Jamila

I was born in Afghanistan, I moved to Pakistan when I was a one year old as a refugee with my family. I grew up in Pakistan and finished my school there. I learned English, I did computer classes, learned sewing and also I did makeup classes. I moved back to Afghanistan to continue my […]

M

I live in an apartment building in the central city. I am always, you know, out doing things in the city, going for walks, spending time with friends and family. I love getting coffee and just sitting in the sunshine and enjoying the sort of connection to nature, but also the life that goes on, […]