Jenny – Part 1

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 I spoke […]

Evelyn & Jordan

Originally, we came from Colombia, but we moved to Ecuador for about three years, and then we came from Ecuador to New Zealand in 2018. We moved to Nelson first. I used to work with a big immigration organization. They offered a job here and an opportunity for my daughters and my son. I couldn’t […]

Wadi

I’m from Malaysia, I’ve been here since July 2024. I’m currently studying. for a Bachelor of Commerce, accounting, it’s an undergraduate program. I’m under a scholarship from the Government of Malaysia. It’s like a fast track for my studies here, I’m really enjoying it so far. I like living in the moment. Maybe having a […]

Shamla

“I am a reader. I didn’t grow up with siblings, I had a lot of free time. From my childhood, I read lots of books. One of my favourite authors, she’s Enid Blyton. I grew up reading Famous Five, Secret Seven, Malory Towers – they constituted a big part of my world. The first thing […]

Sanjeewa

“I came to NZ in 2018 for my higher studies in Business Management. Previously I was living in Dubai and Saudi for almost 15 years, so it was a big change for me to come NZ. As you know, working in Saudi, it’s highly busy. I was holding a top retail management position for a […]