When did you last need help?

Ondřej | Tauranga

Ondřej believes that if you treat others with love and kindness it will be reciprocated. This proved true when he was warmly welcomed into a home after moving to Tauranga.

“You don’t know what can happen tomorrow. So I think, always be positive to others. Always be nice to others.

I met a girl. She was really friendly and really talkative. And I was just like, “oh, she’s really nice,” and I was living close to her, and I didn’t like the place there. So she was just like, “hey, we actually have a place, do you want to live with us?”

And I said “yeah, why not?” And you feel kind of like a family. And that’s what I needed as well. After being in Auckland, stuck during Covid in a small room.

So being a part of the family was like…finally calmness, love and appreciation… that I can stay and say that I’m home somewhere. That feeling that I’m home in a different country that I didn’t know anything about.”

Our question for kaikōrero this month was “when did you last need help?” We learned about the diverse demands on the lives of New Zealanders and the incredible support networks they rely on.