Being Me: Eamon

Being Me: John

Sport has been a huge part of John Marrable’s life since an accident put him in a wheelchair. His ma...

Being Me: Maisie

Maisie Chilton lives with Cerebral Palsy. Though she grew up around her mother's art, she didn't thi...

Bulletproof: Shaz

Less than two years after losing her left arm, Shaz Dagg became the first female amputee to complete...

Being Me: Lusi

Groundbreaking performer Lusi Faiva reconnects with her Samoan heritage as she makes her mark on Wel...

Being Me: Cyrus

Resourceful 13-year-old Cyrus, who lives with Cerebral Palsy, wanted an accessible swing in the park...

Lisa Adams - Para athlete

Lisa Adams' life hasn't always been easy, but athletics is providing an opportunity for a change of ...

Being Me: Marfan Syndrome

Over 6 feet tall at just 13 years old, Milly manages the rare condition Marfan Syndrome, while griev...

Bulletproof: Pieta

Pieta Bouma was just 19 years old when she broke her back while living in Ecuador. Nearly two years ...

Bulletproof: Sam

Following a spinal cord injury, young Tauranga man Sam Fitness has found a clever way to continue to...

Outward Bound Pt2

As their Outward Bound adventure continues, a group of people living with physical disabilities tack...

Outward Bound Pt1

A group of people living with physical disabilities arrives at Outward Bound, in the Marlborough Sou...

Being Me: Jono

At birth, Jono Nelson was given just 24 hours to live. Now the Timaru-based hand cyclist, who lives ...

My Perfect Family: Perrones

Young anime artist Bee Perrone lives with the rare condition, Ivemark Syndrome. Understanding this i...

Ian's story: How I lost my legs and found freedom

Though things looked bleak after a deadly explosion, Ian Winson didn't let it dampen his determinati...

Bailley's Story: Flying high after devastating balcony collapse

Bailley Unahi’s young life changed forever when a balcony fell on her, but it didn’t stop her settin...

Being Me: Nikayla

Living with Cerebral Palsy, Nikayla Wood never imagined she’d skydive or ski. But with a new zest fo...

Being Me: Cory

Punk-rock frontman Cory Newman is creating big waves with his band. The award-winning 17-year-old, w...

Being Me: Ivan

Profoundly blind acupuncturist and radio enthusiast, Ivan, is 72 years old. He’s never let his disab...

Being Me: Claudia

Claudia survived leukaemia, but the treatment that saved her life also left her with permanent disab...

My Perfect Family: Friedreich's Ataxia

Preparing for a 30th birthday is a big deal in the Boon family. Three out of five siblings live with...

Bulletproof: Anita

A life-changing quad bike accident at 18 left Anita Kendrick paraplegic. But with determination and ...

Bulletproof: Dinesh

Halfway through medical school, a car accident left Dinesh Palipana tetraplegic. Despite huge hurdle...

Bulletproof: Amanda

It’s been seven years since Amanda Lowry broke her neck while surfing. Accepting a new normal with t...

My Perfect Family: Bold As Brass

As New Zealanders living in Australia, Abbi and Morgan Brass received no government support when the...

Diabetes: The Silent Killer

Type 2 diabetes is New Zealand’s silent killer. More than 250,000 Kiwis live with it; a further 100,...

SheLift: Part 2

Each year girls and women with various abilities and limb differences from all over the States meet ...

SheLift Part 1

Each year girls and women with various abilities and limb differences from all over the States meet ...

Being Me: Erica

Born with a rare condition that affects her outward appearance, Erica Perry proves it’s what’s on th...

Bulletproof: Ashley

30-year-old Ashley Treseder dived off a pier in NSW and broke his neck. Now fresh out of rehab and i...

Being Me: Samarra

Samarra Wright grew up fearing she’d get MND - it killed her mother and many of her wider family. H...

Bulletproof: Jezza

A canyoning accident in Switzerland left Jezza Williams a tetraplegic. An adventurer at heart, just ...

Bulletproof: Tim

Tim Young was on the trip of a lifetime in Canada when a snowboarding accident left him a tetraplegi...

Bulletproof: Matthew

Carefree farmer Matt Bryson lost his leg in an accident on the family farm four years ago. He contin...

Bulletproof: Ephraim

A 35-metre jump off a waterfall left newlywed Ephraim Gudgeon with a spinal injury. The self-confess...

Bulletproof: Bailley

Bailley Unahi was crushed when a balcony collapsed on her at a student concert in Dunedin. Paralysed...

Being Me: Hayley

17-year-old double amputee, Haley Birch is breaking records. Having survived meningococcal disease, ...

My Perfect Family: Twins

For young mum Nikki Stokes being a mother of five means there's never a dull moment. With non-verbal...

Bulletproof: Gareth

A daring university stunt that went horribly wrong left Gareth Lynch with a permanent spinal injury....

Bulletproof: Sophia

Sophia Malthus became a quadriplegic after being thrown off her horse. Follow this sassy young woman...

Being Me: Claire

Claire Freeman's achieved a lot since a spinal injury that put her in a wheelchair at 17, a design d...

Being Me: Brylee

At six, Brylee Mills lost her arm, and has been coming to terms with it ever since. She's embarking ...

Life with a Backwards Foot

Seventeen-year old Sean Prenderville survived aggressive cancer in his thigh bone and underwent a ra...

Being Me Nick

Nick Chisholm is a body builder whose body is paralysed, a talker who spells words out with his eyes...

Being Me Sam

Sam Humphrey is the height of your average 7-year old. Except that he's not 7 - he's 22. However Sam...

Being Me Shakti

Shakti Krishnan is leaving his family to pursue tertiary life in the big smoke, and to prove to his ...

The Disease That Is Killing My Family: Part 5

For years we've been told to eat less and move more and that we are in control of what we eat; but p...

The Disease That Is Killing My Family: Part 4

Type 2 Diabetes is now the leading cause of death in Samoa. It threatens to overwhelm the health sys...

The Disease That Is Killing My Family: Part 3

At 52, former gang leader turned youth worker Brian Kairau has one more dream left: riding a Harley.

The Disease That Is Killing My Family: Part 2

Brian Kairau can't feel his feet. Years of Type 2 Diabetes has damaged the small blood vessels leavi...

The Disease That Is Killing My Family: Part 1

Type 2 Diabetes is one of the most serious public health issues facing New Zealanders. What is it li...

My Perfect Family: Cystic Sisters

Kristy and Nikki are sisters and young mums who bring smiles to the faces of strangers by doing surp...

My Perfect Family: Creative Clan

Ranger Ashurst is eleven and needs regular injections to control his Chrone's disease, his eight yea...

Young in Aged Care

They're 24 people you want to meet. All are finalists in the 8th annual Attitude Awards, an event ho...

Where Are They Now? Bea Learns to Dance

Bea Wuts was 4 years old when both her feet were amputated. Now 8, Bea is a keen swimmer and horse r...

Where Are They Now? Louisa's Baby

While her family raises her son in New Zealand, Louisa lives in Samoa. 2 year old Lance is travellin...

My Alive Day

Cameron Clapp was 15 years old when he was hit by a freight train. It took both his legs and an arm,...

Where are They Now? Shakti: A Message to My Younger Self

What's it like to go from being the cute kid in a wheelchair, to facing the mayhem of high school? S...

Where Are They Now? Maija's Story

We catch up with a delightful ten year old who loves telling tales... but Maija Fredrichberg's own m...

Baby Charlotte Grows Up

Charlotte Cleverley-Bisman lost her limbs to meningitis as a baby. Now she's 11, and learning to do ...

I Have Burns, What's Your Excuse?

75% of Dukie King's body was burned in an accident as a toddler. Now 5, his first day of school is q...

Frontline Paramedic

Paramedic, Derek Eady, lost his leg after falling 5m from his own roof. He's refusing to give up on ...

Maia and Letitia

Maia Amai's face was ravaged in a car fire when she was a toddler. She barely left the house until c...

Andy McDowell: Switched On

Andy McDowell has early onset Parkinson's disease, which impacts every aspect of his life. He hopes ...

Rotationplasty: My Backwards Foot

Having beaten an aggressive cancer in his thigh bone, 14-year-old Sean Prendeville is now facing a r...

The World According to Gary

Gary Endacott has run marathons and climbed mountains but nothing prepared him for finding work as a...

Green and Golden Couple

Chris Bond and Bridie Kean are both amputees who wear their scars with pride. This couple knows a lo...

Lilly's Legs

Lilly Lomas had both legs amputated. She is now learning to walk on prosthetics; maybe her heroines ...

Erica takes control

Is confidence more than skin deep? Born with multiple physical abnormalities, Erica Perry weighs up ...

The Daverts

Michaela Davert, her twin brother Austin, and Mum Missy all live with a condition called Brittle Bon...

Noel In Focus

Born with a condition that means she is gradually losing muscle strength and mobility, Noel Ratapu i...

Living With Parkinson's

Andy McDowell is a 48-year-old marketing consultant, husband and father to two young girls. He also ...

When Anthea Met Micheal

Anthea and Michael might seem like an unlikely couple, but the soul mates say they can read each oth...

Barry DeGeest: Beyond Thalidomide

From an international medical disaster comes one of the world's most colourful characters. Barry DeG...

Amanda's New Life

A freak surfing accident in 2013 turned Amanda Lowry's world upside down. One year on and Amanda is ...

Scott's Comeback

After loosing his leg from a rugby injury, Scott Martlew thought his dreams of becoming an elite ath...

Blake and Ryan Go Flatting

Experts said they wouldn't live past the age of two but today Blake and Ryan Leitch are enjoying the...

Bandwidth and Bandages

Ashley Worthy has skin as fragile as a butterfly's wings; that will blister and peel at the slightes...

Barnes and Dodson: Back At The Helm

Kiwi Sailors David Barnes and Rick Dodson have enjoyed successful careers at the top of their field,...

Louisa's Baby

Thirty-two-year-old Luisa faces the cruel reality that bureaucracy and her disability stand in the w...

Barney Makes a Difference

Barney lost his hands and legs after an aggressive bout of meningitis. Now a high achiever, Barney i...

Maia

Maia Amai bears brutal scars - the result of a car fire when she was just 18mth olds. A subsequent s...

Amanda's Recovery

New Mum Amanda Lowry had it all. Everything changed after a freak surfing accident left her a Tetrap...

The Deaf Side: Part 3

The final installment of the three part series about the Marlins, a club rugby team made up of entir...

The Deaf Side: Part 2

Continue the mini-series with the Marlins; a group of rugby mad blokes who all happen to be Deaf. Fo...

The Deaf Side: Part 1

The first of a 3 part series about the Marlins; a group of rugby mad Kiwi blokes who all happen to b...

Arthritis

Meet three inspirational young women pursuing their ambitions while living with arthritis - includin...

Cameron Comes of Age

In everything he does, Cameron Leslie has had to find his own way. Born without fully formed arms an...

The Truth About Disability: Part 3

The final chapter in a series revealing the �truth about disability,� there are plenty of laughs in ...

The Truth About Disability: Part 2

Part two of a series revealing the truth about disability: a frank conversation on the more delicate...

The Truth About Disability: Part 1

A three part series revealing the �Truth About Disability.� A wide range of perspectives on all the ...

Aging with SCI

People weren't designed to be sitting down all of their lives. Aging with SCI is a recent phenomenon...

Mackenzie's Voice

Mackenzie is a young woman bursting with enthusiasm and ready to take on the world, shows us her way...

The Value of Art

In the art world they're referred to as outsider artists. They live with disability and they've neve...

Shooting from the Hip

Charlotte has had nine surgeries to overcome hip dysplasia.

Mark Grantham: Mark's Vision

Mark has cerebral palsy and a goal to fly to Africa to visit the children he supports through World ...

Kerri Bonner

With a a high level of cerebral palsy, Kerri Bonner may look like she needs help, but Kerri is geari...

Mackenzie CP

Makenzie Kench has Cerebral Palsy and has very high physical needs. She's assisted with a talk link ...

Holly Talks Tech

Holly Ross is 11 years old and loves to chat at least she does now thanks to developing talk technol...

Jess Teenager

Music, make-up and social media, Jess Coppock is a typical teenager, having contracted transverse my...

Amosa Update

Catch up with Christine, who lives with Charcot-Marie-Tooth disease, a rare condition where she has ...

Tegan University: Campus Life

Tegan has Muscular Dystrophy and uses a power chair to get around, so she faces a few additional cha...

Skateboard Kevin: Skateboarding Traveller

American exchange student Kevin Connolly has no legs, he's traveling the world on his skateboard

Christine Amosa

Christine lives with Charcot-Marie-Tooth disease, a rare condition where she has progressively lost ...

Andrew's Story

Andrew Leslie sped down a bike track he'd ridden before – but he didn't make it to the end as planne...

Gareth Lynch

Gareth Lynch is a Wheelchair rugby player as part of New Zealand’s Wheel Blacks. Four years ago, Lyn...

Harper's story: How a back bend changed a child's life

When she was seven, Harper damaged her spine. Five years later she’s already ticking off her life go...

Diabetes: Back from the Brink

Paul and Boxer could have died of type 2 diabetes years ago, but against the odds, they've transform...

Ian's first steps

Iron Man Ian Winson lost both his legs in a freak gas explosion two years ago. He desperately wants ...

Ben Tuimaseve

Ben Tuimaseve is a Para athlete that competes in Para athletics, with a focus on shot put. Tuimaseve...

Nikita Howarth

Nikita Howarth is a Para swimmer aiming to compete at the rescheduled Tokyo 2020 Paralympic Games, c...