Jenny – Part 2/2

June 2026 Family is really important, and I don’t think we would be here if we didn’t have family here. We have our four daughters in Christchurch, and we have six of our seven grandchildren in Christchurch. We’re very family minded. Trevor and I were on the committee to arrange the first international family reunion. […]

Jenny – Part 1/2

June 2026 When I was a child, I just knew that we were in this community. Because of the Chinese habit of giving honorifics to all the adults, I thought everyone who was Chinese was a family member, and that was a very comfortable feeling. When I went to school at the age of five […]

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.