Elissa – Part 1

August 2025 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 […]

Jamila

July 2025 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 […]

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, […]

Naenae – Part 2

July 2025 I have epilepsy, I get tattoos mainly when I’ve gotten past something, like a really bad seizure or whatever. Those there, the time, the last few minutes of my partner’s living time with me. I have Alice in Wonderland syndrome, all of that’s Alice in Wonderland. I’m a human doing, not just a […]

Naenae – Part 1

July 2025 My childhood was really difficult because I didn’t know exactly who I was as a person. It was the early 90’s, I decided I liked a girl, I got beaten up for that. My Dad’s white and of that generation. My Mum is Maori, we never talked about Maori heritage. When I found […]

Andrew

June 2025 I was hit by a bus 22 years ago. I need to have a rest, that’s very important to me, just for half an hour, just shut my eyes and no, no, no distractions, and then I can keep going on the rest of the day. I had three days in Wellington. It […]

Myles

May 2025 My introduction to playing music in a band started out with a big fat lie. A band at my high school needed a bassist. I told them, ‘yeah, man, I play bass. I know exactly what I’m doing when it comes to bass.’ All of a sudden I was a bassist. That weekend, […]

Charlotte

May 2025 I grew up in mid Canterbury, kind of rurally, and went to school down there. I always had an interest in performing and entertaining, especially in music. I’ve had lots of amazing music teachers over the years and they’ve all had a big impact on my life and perspective. I moved up to […]

Andy and Vic

May 2025 We met right out of high school when we both studied at the Christchurch jazz school. These days we work on a lot of different music projects but the project that I front as a singer is called The Response, and the project that Vic fronts is called Imperial April. People often ask […]

Raine

May 2025 “I actually calculated this the other day. I’ve spent a third of my life in the Philippines, a third of my life in Hawke’s Bay, and the later third of my life here in Christchurch. I’ve been here for about seven years. I studied photography at Ilam and then I also did a […]