Jim D
Growing up my family weren’t rich at all. Mum and dad both worked but we were lucky to still have food on the table….
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Marcial K
“My parents went away when I was little. I was a bit of a tomboy and didn’t really know what to do with my…
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Tania W
“I can feel it like it was yesterday. Mum and Dad were gone and I went into a downward spiral knowing that I had…
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Salilo W
“My parents came to New Zealand with my siblings but I stayed in Samoa with my grandparents. I was the eldest and was raised…
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Levi
“I have huge respect for my mum. She is the epitome of not letting your past dictate your future. She is the hardest working…
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Jean R
“Growing up my next door neighbour was a teacher and headmaster. He used to tell me that I was always asking questions, but I…
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Ayla H
I was an energetic bubbly child in a not so bubbly world. Abuse, alcohol and gangs seemed to be our destiny, but my two…
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Shaun T
Part 1 “My daughter turned 24 in September, but I’ll never forget her birth. After a long labour, she entered the world at 7:23pm….
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Aaron
“Both my boys were there to see me graduate with a degree after going through some tough years as a full time student and…
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Pania
I feel like all the parts of my life have strangely come together, for this purpose, this kaupapa, to protect our whenua, Ihumatao. In…
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