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 […]

Josiah

“I moved to Christchurch when I was six, I was born in Dunedin. My Dad’s Samoan, he moved to New Zealand when he was 17, so I’ve grown up with Samoan heritage. My Mum is Scottish, Polish and English, so trying to find a space where the two cultures fit together nicely is something I […]

Hugh

“I like fancy shirts, fancy jackets and ties. And hats. When I’m out lots of people comment on my hats, like, just random people.” – Hugh

Nick

“I had always wanted to open a bar. It was a dream my father foresaw for me many years ago. He died four years ago sadly before OGB was opened. Post earthquakes I just wanted to bring heritage back to Christchurch and compliment the Old Government Building: OGB.” – Nick