Jan B
I remember a sense of freedom from my childhood. I lived in Dunedin, and one day we walked about 20km to Larnach castle with…
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Damien P
Although she won’t admit it, I’m my mum’s favourite! When I was in high school we went out every Wednesday morning for breakfast together,…
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Nafi L (3/3)
Part 3 I decided I was ready to go back to university but I had lots of anxiety. I didn’t know how people would…
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Nafi L (1/3)
Part 1 My parents migrated from Samoa in the 80’s. They were both teachers in Samoa, and education was really important to them. In…
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Latayvia
I was raised by a resilient single mum on the benefit and my village worked hard to keep me in school. I was always…
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Naketa I
I was in my last year of high school but not really into learning. Education was not a priority and school was a social…
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Annie N
My youngest son graduated in July with a carpentry degree. I am so proud of him. He is the first one in my family…
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Eseta L
I was 19 or 20 when I came to New Zealand from Samoa. My english wasn’t very good because I had missed a lot…
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Athaliah B
My whole family is involved in education. Every one of my Mum’s siblings and her parents have some type of education degree. My dad’s…
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Timoti W
I remember when I was younger, and we’d go to the airport and I’d see people dressed up in their suits with their little…
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