Share on Facebook Tweet this Jeff | Papatoetoe “I grew up in a place called Port Waikato, on the West Coast. Went to school, hard yards, hard life, very little to eat but we never starved and we never moaned about food. We were taught, what’s put in front of us...
Share on Facebook Tweet this Sarah | Manurewa “I was born in New Plymouth. I grew up there. It’s my home. I’m so connected to that place, and then three years ago I moved up to Auckland to study criminology and conflict resolution. I’m studying fulltime, in my...
Share on Facebook Tweet this Merieni and Tina – Henderson and Te Atatū Peninsula “The way children think. They’re different, yeah they’re very energetic. You don’t have to care about your image and that. You can just do whatever you want. What really...
Share on Facebook Tweet this Susan – Onehunga “Children can teach us kindness, empathy, how to play, how to laugh. I’m from Brazil but I’m a Kiwi in my heart now, and I have three children. One will be 18, one is 11, one is eight, and I love working with...
Share on Facebook Tweet this Andy – Waitākere “Patience, tolerance, amusement, frustration; every emotion there is. Honesty, truthfulness, creativity of oneself. I was born in England. I came over here in 1969, became a naturalised New Zealander in 2001;...
Share on Facebook Tweet this Kerryana – Auckland “What I think children can teach us, speaking for myself, is how to tell the truth. I’m not saying innocence is bliss, but they don’t have as many preconceived ideas as we do as we grow older, and the other...
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