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My Perfect Family: Kat and Ella

Kat Yearbury is a mother to two-year-old Frankie and six-year-old Ella, who has Cerebral Palsy and E...

Mikaela’s Little Project

3-foot tall student Mikaela Singleton asks some of life’s big questions as she gets behind the camer...

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...

My Perfect Family: Creative Clan

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

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...

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: Zoe

Zoe Tate lives with Wolf-Hirschhorn Syndrome, a genetic disorder affecting her appearance, growth an...

Bandwidth and Bandages

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

Andy McDowell: Switched On

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

My Perfect Family: Rett Girls

Rett Syndrome is a severe neurological condition affecting 1 in 12,000 girls. Meet 24-year-old Sarah...

Being Me: Petra

When she was six Petra was diagnosed with cancer. She beat it - four times before she was sixteen. N...

My Search for Words

It took Jo Scott years to become a doctor but just seconds to tear it all away, at least for now. Lo...

Barry DeGeest: Beyond Thalidomide

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

A Guide to Tourette's

Esteemed actor Paul Barrett takes us through the mysterious world of Tourette's syndrome.

Erica takes control

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

Living With Parkinson's

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

Being Me: Erica

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

Being Me: Sarah

Though born with CHARGE syndrome, 22-year-old Sarah Dalton doesn’t let it define her. She’s an avid ...

Christine Amosa

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

Jess Teenager

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

Surviving Thalidomide

The drug Thalidomide was hailed as a wonder drug for pregnant women; instead it caused the world's w...

Skateboard Kevin: Skateboarding Traveller

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

Amosa Update

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

Samuel's Baby

Rosa Marie Gibson is the first child of Jen and Samuel Gibson. Samuel has Brittle Bones disease or o...

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...

My Perfect Family: Perrones

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

Being Me: Marfan Syndrome

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

My Mysterious Body: Huntington's Disease

Micheal and Chris both have Huntington’s Disease, which threatens to shorten their lives. It's a gen...

My Perfect Family: Nash Jones

The Jones family’s life changed forever when their youngest boy Nash was diagnosed with a rare condi...

Being Me: William

Diagnosed with autism spectrum disorder and anxiety as a child, 25-year-old William Luskie is now an...

Being Me: Cody Steps Up

Tetraplegia hasn’t stopped wheelchair rugby star Cody Everson from stepping up to adulthood. He owns...

Bulletproof: Tim

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

Being Me: Barney Looks Back

Barney lost his hands and legs from meningitis as a baby. At 25, he looks back on the life lessons ...

Mikaela’s Little Project

3-foot tall student Mikaela Singleton asks some of life’s big questions as she gets behind the camer...

Cody's New Game

After breaking his neck in a ruby game, 17-year-old Cody Everson has and to adjust to life in a whee...

Bulletproof: Bailley

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

My Perfect Family: Welcome Home Stevie

Murray and Janine's son Steven was a gentle boy with autism. 18 months ago he left their house with ...

Guide Dogs: A Natural Bond

We explore the unique bond between guide dogs and their human partners; how it can grow, shape and e...

Growing Up Blind

Kyren is 9 years old and totally blind. Independence is hard work and he's thinking of giving up, bu...

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...

Salem's Ballet

Salem Foxx is only 13 and has already danced with the Royal New Zealand Ballet. Dance has opened up ...

Being Me Freedom

Freedom was diagnosed with eye cancer at three months old, having both eyes removed by age five. Now...

My Perfect Family: Family Man Graeme

When Graeme Porter was diagnosed with an intellectual disability as a child no one expected him to r...

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? Louisa's Baby

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

The Lily Harper Show

Hosting her own chat show Lily Harper interviews herself, getting the low down on life as an indepen...

Bulletproof: Sophia

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

Bulletproof: Matthew

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

The Road to Miss Amazing: Part 2

As the national Miss Amazing pageant in Chicago draws near so does the chance for one little 17-year...

Being Me Alix

Alix Generous has spoken at the United Nations, made a significant contribution to science, given tw...

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...

Barney Makes a Difference

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

In Pot Pursuit: Part 1

Three characters with different medical reasons for wanting to use medicinal marijuana reveal the hu...

Being Me: Gigi

Gigi, a sassy girl with Down Syndrome from a small town America has a big dream - to walk the catwal...

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...

Bandwidth and Bandages

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

The Remarkable Mind of Dr. Jo Scott

Dr. Jo Scott had the world at her feet. Her son was one year old, and she was just two exams away fr...

Green and Golden Couple

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

My Deaf Parents

Parents and teenagers don't always see eye to eye, but what if they speak a different language? This...

Louisa's Baby

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

Living with Dementia: Neil

Seventy five-year-old Neil Timmo provides a rare and intimate insight into the world of someone main...

In Pot Pursuit: Part 2

California is a state where medicinal marijuana is legal, and dispensaries are plentiful. Meet peopl...

Bulletproof: Gareth

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

The Road to Miss Amazing: Part 1

Each year over a hundred girls with learning disabilities gather with the hope of being crowned Miss...

Being Me: Jason

Throughout childhood Jason Edgecombe was different and suffered endless rejection. But a diagnosis o...

In My Mind: Rodney

Wheelchair dancer Rodney Bell was homeless on the streets of San Francisco for three years. Back hom...

Damiana Rides Again

For years Damian Day has cycled up and down New Zealand searching for a place to fit in. Has he fina...

Frontline Paramedic

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

Jono Brownjohn: Raising the Bar

Jono Brownjohn has more power in one leg than many track athletes with two. He wants gold at the Par...

Philip's Puppets

Meet Philip - a quirky puppeteer living with Autism. With the help of 2 puppets he's spreading a mes...

Cam Finds His Voice

In 2013 Cam Dawson left his home for a new life in Auckland, a terrifying and exciting move for a bo...

The Rise of Mary Fisher

Mary Fisher lost what little vision she had during her teens. As her eyesight deteriorate, her swimm...

Dean Finds His Voice

Eighteen-year-old Dean Buckley has overcome serious health issues, depression and the judgments of o...

Kiwi Blind Camp

Schoolgirls Natalie and Stella are both vision impaired. They'll be relying on each other as they na...

What's Up With Downs? Future

David Egan has worked on Capitol Hill, delivered speeches around the world in five different languag...

My Search for Words

It took Jo Scott years to become a doctor but just seconds to tear it all away, at least for now. Lo...

Return to Tuvalu

Stephen Homasi was the Director of Health for the remote island nation of Tuvalu. He never imagined ...

The World According to Gary

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

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...

Parenting by Sign

Sarah is Deaf and preparing to give birth to her first child. Having been there twice before, Deaf p...

Amanda's Recovery

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

Jimmy Wants a Job

Twenty-two-year-old Jimmy Rae Brown wants a job, he loves film and he may just have found the perfec...

Sam in Hollywood

Sam Humphrey's lifelong dream was to be an actor. He was determined to never let his lack of height ...

Being Me: Brylee

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

Being Me Shakti

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

Erica takes control

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

Robert Martin: The People's Advocate

From life in an institution to sitting at the tables of power; Robert Martin has become a leader and...

While I'm Still Sue

At 57, Alzheimer's is taking over Sue's life. Her son and now full-time carer, Adam, is desperate to...

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,...

Portia Wants a Job

When Portia finished high school she had high hopes of getting a job. She has volunteer and work pla...

Amanda's New Life

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

Baby Charlotte Grows Up

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

Josh Flannagan: Horse Whisperer

Humans and the way they behave have always confused Josh Flannagan but his special affinity with hor...

The Daverts

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

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...

My Perfect Family: Scruff's Bunch

Kim Preston (Scruff) reckon's she'll be caring for her three adult sons with Autism until she 'carks...

Sam Goes Dating

Looking for love is never easy but Sam and Tania may have found their perfect match! With a little n...

Bulletproof: Ephraim

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

Being Me: Erica

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

SheLift Part 1

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

My Perfect Family: Southland

Southland Disability Enterprises employs over 80 people who live with a disability. For Mary-Ellen J...

Being Me: Rachael Leahcar

Australian singer-songwriter, Rachael Leahcar, was born with retinitis pigmentosa and at 25-years-ol...

The Truth About Disability: Part 3

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

Mark Grantham: Mark's Vision

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

The Truth About Disability: Part 1

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

Hunter's Universe: Hunter's World

Hunter is a young guy living with Autism. He has an unusual way of looking at the world. He writes s...

Four Go Flatting

Four young people reckon it's time they moved out of home and went flatting. But with intellectual d...

The Value of Art

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

The Truth About Disability: Part 2

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

Tegan University: Campus Life

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

Meet Alex Sneddon

Alex Sneddon's parents have always wanted the best for their son. Now the 24-year-old who lives with...

Turkey Ballooning

Hot air ballooning over Turkey from a wheelchair, Curtis Palmer is a passionate traveller and enjoys...

Kelly Downs Achiever: Kelly's Story

Kelly Fitzgerald is one of only two people in New Zealand with Down Syndrome that have their full dr...

Impact: Stroke

A medical stroke impacts the lives of more than 9000 New Zealanders every year. Here, we visit Middl...

Being Me: Claudia

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

Bulletproof: Anita

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

Being Me: Rufus

Rufus lives in Kaikoura with his parents, but wants to live independently like his siblings. On a ro...