Brendan L
My dad worked in the same factory job for nearly 40 years. He worked 10 hour days, catching the train or running from Manurewa…
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Liz F (2/2)
2/2 Then in Year 13, I made new friends who introduced me to God, and started me on a faith journey. God became so…
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Liz F (1/2)
1/2 My dad left when I was around five years old, closing the businesses both he and my mum owned. This left my mum…
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Brendan C
I thought my life was over at 19. I was hospitalised after falling on some concrete and developing a massive strep infection in my…
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Adrienne B
My son’s name in Samoan means “new hope”. I had him when I was 20. At that time my mum was married to a…
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Teina
I never had a full appreciation of my mum growing up. The way she made sure we were safe and had the necessities, sacrificing…
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Larry T
I had applied for 136 jobs from July to December 2007 when I saw job number 137 advertised in the paper. I was at…
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Krishneel P
As a child I wanted to become a radio personality. I would sit talking to a computer, pretending I was in a radio studio….
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Mellissa G (2/2)
2/2 Within a week of completing the course I felt emotion. I remember feeling all warm when I saw my nephew and realised that…
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Mellissa G (1/2)
1/2 I was 18 when I was diagnosed with depression. I had no idea what was going on with me. I was a mess….
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