Mark

“I didn’t really enjoy high school, I just went because it’s what you do. I didn’t really have any teachers I could really connect with, it’s like those movies where you might find one teacher who really inspires you, I didn’t have that as such.  It’s funny, in high school I studied graphic design, and […]

Jeremy

“My journey with masculinity started early as a very effeminate young boy. In my late teens, coming out as gay, part of that is to explore those boundaries of your feminine and masculine qualities. I think coming into my adult life it took me a little longer to relax into and accept the masculine traits […]

Sam

I’m a part owner of a new restaurant, 5th Street, in Sydenham. That’s my main job and passion – it keeps me busy. I’m also really into my wine. My favourite wine region is probably Waipara because its local and I love what the winemakers are doing out there. They’re trying to pull away from […]

Brendon

“I don’t really consider myself being that masculine. One way I consider myself masculine is being a good dad, hopefully being a good dad. That to me is probably the most male thing that I can hope for. I have quite a bit to do with netball, coach, play, umpire. My daughters are pretty hard […]

Meagan and Sarah

“Our market stall is a small taste of our shop my best friend and I started up down Welles Street, it has since closed due to redevelopment. The whole idea was to not create any more waste and reuse good quality clothes. That’s our main purpose, however we also like to give back to charities […]

Tammee and Graeme

She’s a ‘57 oldsmobile, all original. She’s 61. We call her the old girl. We just went down to Rock and Hop in Timaru recently. Lot of nice cars down there.

Bipin

“I’ve lived in Christchurch four and a half years, I’m originally from India. I have managed the dairy for 4 years. When I started it was very peaceful, lots of people, I liked the culture. but in the last few years everything has grown up, many people are jobless so they’ve been shoplifting. Two weeks […]

Fred

“Find your broom,” that is a favourite quote of mine by famous U.S. basketball coach Terry Wooden. By that, he means, obviously, find that broom which would lead people to you and then you can influence them. So the boxing, the fitness, the gym work – that’s my broom.  In 1980 I opened up my […]

Sam

“Tomorrow will be my 3rd Marathon. I’ve been running for about two years now, I started exercising a year before that, walking up and down the hills. Originally I hated running, my friend had to force me to run a couple hundred metres. Then we started running in the park together, eventually I started loving […]

William

“I spent 28 years of my life in the army, a lot of that time I was based in Burnham. It wasn’t until I got out of the army when I settled in Christchurch permanently. When I retired from the army in 1984, I managed a war veterans home at Church Corner. I did that […]