Anna M
“I was diagnosed with end stage renal failure in my teens. I was dying. I spent three years mostly in hospital, sometimes getting well…
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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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Kathleen
“I’m going to be a foster mum. My own mum raised us in a home where people could stay who needed a bed or…
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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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Emma P
I hated myself when I was younger. The way I looked, talked, thought, learned. I couldn’t spell. I was diagnosed with anxiety and depression…
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Tania B
I started playing softball at the age of 12, I was absolutely hopeless. The other girls were amazing. I was lucky to have really…
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Tim D
2/2 I was always the smallest kid in my class. The skinny kid whose mum wouldn’t them let play league or rugby, which is…
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Tim D
1/2 Sometimes I can’t believe that I am just this kid from Clendon who gets to travel the world doing something that I love….
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Jonathan M
I’m someone who needs big events to make me change. I was a radio DJ for eight years, and would probably still be there,…
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Mr T
I started riding bikes and going to the pools, because I wanted to get healthy. At the pools I met a Doctor who asked…
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