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Louise Pryde’s twin babies were each born with a different rare condition. After the passing of her daughter, Aria, her son, Axel, has become a beacon of inspiration for advocacy work for children with rare diseases.
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Dai Henwood is a household name in the world of New Zealand entertainment. With a career spanning 27 years, the Kiwi comic has won both the Billy T and Fred awards, performed stand-up shows across New Zealand and overseas and become a regular on 7 Days.
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Camille French was just five years old when she fell in love with the Olympics.
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Charles Coste did not get to hear La Marseillaise when he stood on top of the podium at the 1948 Summer Games in London, but France’s oldest living Olympic medallist will get another moment in the spotlight when he carries the Paris 2024 torch.
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Growing up, Penny Zagarelou-Mackieson always knew she was adopted. She enjoyed a happy childhood and upbringing but when she started a family of her own, she felt she needed to explore her actual birth origins. However when at 35, she met her natural mother and siblings, something didn’t feel right.
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Fiona Demark is visually impaired. Despite the challenges it presents, she has learned to treat her disability as a strength and something to be proud of, and now works to helps others do the same.
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Holly Ames, senior manager of home-based care at child and family services organisation Berry Street, shares her story about her experience as the child of a foster family and becoming a foster carer herself.
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Tatia had been battling her weight all her life. In her forties, she finally found peace and acceptance with her body, but a few years later, she developed a lifestyle disease and had to take things in another direction.
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Christine Campbell ran away from home as a teen. She has no regrets as it shaped who she is today, and through storytelling she is helping young people who find themselves in similarly challenging situations.
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When Danielle Snelling lost her mother over a decade ago, the inability to share her sorrow with others who’d experienced similar loss left her feeling alone and isolated.
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Hacia Atherton was told she would never walk again when a horse-riding accident left her severely injured. After experiencing a deep depression, she grew determined to defy the odds.
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Heather Ellis has been living with HIV for nearly 30 years. She became a mum to three sons while living with the virus and has been pushing for social change around HIV perceptions and stigma for almost two decades.
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