Share on Facebook Tweet this Maree | Helensville “I had a very close-knit family. My mum stayed home to look after me until I went to Kindergarten about four years old. So, I think being raised like that, you just experience a really rich family life, and you...
Share on Facebook Tweet this Brad | Warkworth “My mother’s input and the way she cared for me is significant and stands out to me. Firstly, when I was about four, my mother had a new partner in her life, and he was an alcoholic, and he was very abusive and...
Share on Facebook Tweet this Jess | Orewa “I like the way my mum raised me religiously because she kept it very open. She gave me a lot of options while also keeping it kind of, she had a strict regime. She wouldn’t let us go out and go mad with alcohol and...
Share on Facebook Tweet this Lisiate | Māngere “As growing up as an Islander, I grew up in Tonga. Grew up eight years, then I came to New Zealand to find a better life, and I studied in New Zealand as a child, from nine all the way to now. I’ve succeeded a lot...
Share on Facebook Tweet this Zek | Papatoetoe “Probably I was raised quite well. I have a good family. I learned other naughtish things in the street. So, yeah that’s why I just left the courts, for dumb choices, but I was raised really well. I’ve just made bad...
Share on Facebook Tweet this Lesley | Manukau “It could have been better. I grew up in poverty, so as I’ve gotten older, I’ve realised that in order to build a better life for yourself, you have to get educated, and then go into your preferred field. That’s what...
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