Nan and her Grands

“We’ve come to throw flowers off the pier for our Nan. It was cool! People are stopping and looking at the flowers that are washed out. Well we’re all from the North Island. I live in Wellington but I just moved back actually. I was down here for a year, living with Nan. She was […]

Neith

“This started off with me wanting to get into rowing. My teacher said, ‘this is gonna be bloody expensive.’ So I looked at ways to find money; I was looking at getting some sort of minimum wage job. Then I thought why don’t I start my own business? And then it was like, it’s got […]

Jane

“I grew up in North Canterbury and Waipara. When I was around 10 we moved into the city. I left a community where I felt I belonged, I knew people and they knew me. I moved into this wild city of Christchurch which was quite shocking to me. It seems quite funny now, because I […]

Toby

“I think the events of March 15 and also the earthquakes of 2010 and ‘11 were pretty defining moments for me. We lost our neighbour in the earthquakes. During the mosque attacks we had been sponsoring a muslim family who’d come over from Jordan. For about 18 months prior to that we had built a […]

Hudson

“Me and my family went overseas around the world like, not like every country but just like in a circle. My animal encounters was one of the main things I remember. We did it when I was seven, which was seven years ago. So we went to the States, the famous places like the Grand […]

Sophie

“So I really want to help people. And due to my own health experiences, I realised that the ambulance at the bottom of the cliff isn’t super helpful. So I graduated in Health Science and I applied for over 70 jobs and got rejected by all of them. It made me realise as a young […]

Olivia

“I’m on checkouts. I was quite surprised when we weren’t considered frontline in that second group of rollout of the vaccine. It was only when we went into lockdown that we were considered for it, which is weird, as we’re the only ones open that people can go to, every single day. People are pretty […]

Samantha

“I love pattern design. It really, really excites me.” “I moved to Melbourne when I was 19 with the dream of working for Julia Green at Greenhouse Interiors. With no experience, I found it really hard to find a decent job that would have me full time. I think I was a bit naive to […]

Bex

“I lost my hair in 2017 and I moved here (Diamond Harbour) that same year. I didn’t realize I was having a mental breakdown until I discovered my physical breakdown. Before, my hair was down to my bum, beautiful, long, dead-straight. At first I was hoping it was ringworm because I’ve been volunteering with Cat […]

Mike

“I studied at University of Canterbury. I’ve done a Master of Science but it was actually in coastal management. My work experience was hands-on; I did a lot of physical stuff; I was an earthmover, a fisherman; sold nuts and bolts; all over the show really, just trying to find the right job. And I […]