Raviv – Part 2

September 2025 Sarah (ranger) came to me last year and said, Look, we have these health and safety boards, would you like one? I said, Yeah, that will be lovely, but what about one in te reo Māori? She gave me the one in English, and about three months later, she comes to me, here […]

Raviv – Part 1

September 2025 “I’ve worked for corrections for 14 years and so far, 220,080 trees in the ground. You know, a guy goes through the park. He sees one guy digging holes and one covering it. ‘What are you doing?’ ‘The guy that puts the plant in is off sick today!’ That’s a little Russian joke. […]

Emanuele

September 2025 She was a fish seller in, I think, central South Vietnam. There was a market. She had the typical hat with a red strap. She had red lipstick, she had beautiful eyes, and she was in the shade. She looked at the camera. I took the picture. I can actually see the reflection […]

Elissa – Part 2

August 2025 A lot of adults don’t play. I was in the city for whatever, I think I was with a colleague. We had just been to the convention centre and we walked back to where we parked. There were some puddles, and instead of walking around, I jumped onto one of the blocks, and […]

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 […]