Matt and Robbie

I just enjoy doing the band; it’s my creative outlet aye. We’ve all got day jobs so we don’t play that many gigs, so we look forward to each one. It’s really hit home how important playing music is for us; just the great thing that we have, and how really lucky we are. We are super important to one another.

Allan

They stuffed the whale. The council had the plans; it could’ve been lifted out in one piece. But they basically demolished it and just made another one the same. I don’t quite know why.

Kirstee

“I’ve always needed to do things with my hands. When it comes to creative work, if i’m not doing it i’ll be thinking about it. I had my business pre-earthquake but it looked alot different back then, and it evolved as I’ve evolved. It started when I filled my house with too many pieces. I […]

Colin

I always joke about matai starting off life looking like a pile of dead twigs, but eventually becoming a giant of the forest. I kind of identify with that.

Olivia D

“I made this dress for my school formal. Unfortunately due to Covid-19 it was cancelled. My grandma was a seamstress and we spend a lot of time making things together. The dress took me a couple of weekends to make; my first day was spent at Grandma’s, cutting everything out and over-locking everything. The gold […]

Reuben

“It’s a strange feeling I guess, like everybody in the city you still vividly remember that day 10 years ago. Everyone’s affected in some way, some more directly than others. I think for me my life would be so different without the earthquake experience. It’s hard to say that because of the tragedy that the […]

Michael

I have two daughters. I want them to feel empowered and strong as females in this world. That’s really important to me. It’s actually the feminine energy in this world that will save us. We actually need more males to acknowledge that part of their personality…to start creating balance in the world.

Michael

“The Studio used to be across the river from the Pyne Gould Guinness building so my memories of the day of the earthquake were; first; just seeing the tram tracks in New Regent Street all wobbly and realising this was real serious, and then; seeing the PGC building collapsed and then realising it was really […]

Paul

“I grew up in Dunedin and loved it down there. I was heavily into sport, I competed all around the world. I ended up based in Australia in 1990, and in 1994 I was in Germany trying to qualify for the Commonwealth Games and I injured my shoulder. I was a javelin thrower.  I ended […]

Pauline and Bernie

“I was brought up on a farm. I’ve never been without animals; I’ve had every animal under the sun. I just love them. Chaos – he’s a Border Collie/Jack Russell cross. Halo; she was our rottie – we just picked up her ashes today and we’re going to scatter them somewhere here. We are getting […]