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 […]

Ratu

I came over when I was three and a half years old, so Christchurch is home to me. For whatever reason, Dad hadn’t sorted out our visas through my primary years. In 2013 we got to the airport heading over to Fiji; he told us we’re going for a holiday. The customs officer told us that we’d overstayed. I was 16, so it was heavy news.

Johnny

“I lost my boy in the mosque. He was 14 years old. A tough bloke, he had dreams of being a goalkeeper. It’s been a hard two years. I’ve got through it and my faith and belief and knowing where he is, knowing that there’s an afterlife, he’s there, enjoying life. I could have lost […]

Sarah – P2

“Music education is so important because it teaches you another code. It’s like another language that you’re learning and that’s amazing weightlifting for your brain. Then it also teaches you a code for how to be as a human as well! I’ve seen shy people come right out of their shell and be able to […]

Sarah Hickman – P1

“When I first started playing music as a youngster, I was very much a music-reading machine. It was a technical exercise, of knowing the code; what the symbols meant. I remember when I was about 15, we got stuck in a snowstorm, and we had to sleep in a shearing shed. One of my dad’s […]