Being Me: Sarah Morrell

Sarah Morrell has a rare genetic condition called Morquio IV which means she is just one metre tall....

Being Me: Te Huia Apaapa

26-year-old Te Huia Apaapa is a gifted runner and triathlete known as ‘The Rocketman’. Te Huia has a...

Being Me: Joshua Sade-Inia

Joshua Sade-Inia is a burns survivor who’s scars cover half of his body. To Josh they represent his ...

Being Me

The quintessential Attitude episode. Being Me tells the story of remarkable individuals who face the...

Being Me: Juanita Willems

Pre-Christmas Juanita Willems is flat out, collecting, wrapping and distributing presents for foste...

Being Me: Bailee Lobb

Installation artist Bailee Lobb uses her colourful works to explore lived experience of disability, ...

Being Me: Danielle Aitchison

Danielle Aitchison was born with Cerebral Palsy. As a child she struggled to walk, but her family en...

Being Me: Robbie

Robbie Francis is 27, and doing her bit to change the world. She's bringing together disability, sus...

Being Us: Liam and Shane

Liam has Down Syndrome, and while technically Shane is teaching him life skills, Liam's the one who'...

Being Me: Devon Briggs

Para-athlete Devon Briggs was born with severe clubfeet, twisted backwards. The 18-year-old has end...

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: Geneva

Geneva Tino's cerebral palsy means she needs a TalkLink device to communicate... ironically the 24-y...

Being Me Shakti

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

Being Me Rex

Rhys Davies was a successful I.T. engineer before a head injury changed life dramatically. He's not ...

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: Gigi

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

Being Me: Heather

As Heather Lawson turns heads while walking the streets of Melbourne with her dressed-up walking can...

Being Me: Jono

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

Being Me: Ian

Ian Stewart is a flamboyant 24-year-old with an eye for fashion, beauty and soap operas. But when dy...

Being Me Nick

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

Being Me: Hayley

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

Being Me: Carlos

Carlos Biggeman is an award-winning photographer, he’s about to publish a book of his work. He was b...

Being Me: Josh Davies

26-year-old Josh Davies is a stand-up comedian trying to turn making people laugh into a full time l...

Being Me: Eltje

Eltje lived for cycling and competing. While out training, she was struck by a car and suffered a tr...

Being Me: Dillon Maydon

Dillon's life was altered at just eighteen when he was diagnosed with Friedreich’s Ataxia, a rare ge...

Being Me: Steff Green

Author Steff Green writes full-time from her home in the Kaipara Harbour. Legally blind, Steff was o...

Being Me: Jason

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

Being Me: Aidan Terpstra

Aidan’s life changed forever when he was knocked out with a king-hit punch. The injury to his brain ...

Being Me: Kiranjit Singh

Tetraplegic, Kiranjit Singh, is competing to qualify for the 2024 Paralympics in Para-sport shooting...

Being Me: Sam Smith

Sam Smith is a comedian and a new dad. He doesn't take life too seriously but he's just been diagnos...

Being Me: Petra

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

Being Me: Rachael Leahcar

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

Being Me: Jared Flitcroft

Jared Flitcroft is a filmmaker, businessman, family man, and he is Deaf. Overcoming barriers to achi...

Being Me: Lusi

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

Being Us: Andrey and Eilish

Best friends Andrey and Eilish are the Yin to each other's Yang and would be lost without one anothe...

Being Me: Ripu

Ripu was 21, living in Sydney and finishing a Masters in Journalism when meningococcal septicaemia n...

Being Me Freedom

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

Being Me: Cory

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

Being Me: Brent Eyskens

Unable to communicate verbally, songwriter Brent Eyskens - who lives with Cerebral Palsy - has found...

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: John

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

Being Me: Eamon

32-year-old Eamon Wood has travelled all over the world in his wheelchair. Now he’s back home in Chr...

Being Me: Cody Steps Up

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

Being Me: Susan Williams 8/5/22

Non-binary performance artist Susan Williams adores theatre. Their latest show, Illegally Blind, is ...

Being Me: Marfan Syndrome

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

Being Me: Cyrus

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

Being Me: Veronique Theberge

Five years on from an acquired brain injury due to encephalitis, Veronique Theberge is training for ...

Being Me Alix

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

Being Me: William

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

Being Me: Erica

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

Being Me: Rachel Māia

Rachel Māia lives in constant pain, considering amputating her leg to reach new heights.

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 ...

Being Me: Samarra

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

Being Me: Jack

At 18, Jack Brown made a decision that would put him in a wheelchair for life. Facing his new realit...

Being Me: Sarah

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

Being Me: Joshua

Joshua Sade-Inia is a burns survivor. The scars, which cover almost half his body represent his ins...

Being Me: Ming Ming

Blind since birth, Ming Ming has never let that stop him being involved in everything from cricket t...

Being Me: Kasem

13-year-old refugee Kasem lost his leg and much of his upper arm in a bomb attack in Syria, which al...

My Perfect Family: Ebony Sinclair

Ebony Sinclair is a go-getter born with Achondroplasia, a form of dwarfism. Ebony and her husband Ge...

My Perfect Family:Fragile X

To discover you’re the carrier of the genetic condition Fragile X only after your children are born ...

My Perfect Family: Nash Jones

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

My Perfect Family

Exploring the day today lives of tight-knit families, who are managing complex or unusual conditions...

My Perfect Family: Lydia Golding

6-year-old Lydia Golding was born with her right femur bone significantly shorter than her left. In...

My Perfect Family: Hatty

Hatty Walton is a 13-year-old star on the show Mystic, who lives with a hearing impairment. Hatty ho...

My Perfect Family: Twins

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

My Perfect Family: Georgia Heard

Georgia Heard thought she had parenting all mapped out. But when the younger of her two boys was di...

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...

My Perfect Family: Jaxon Woolley

15 year old Jaxon Woolley is already blitzing through para-sprinting records. An athlete to watch, J...

My Perfect Family: Martine

Blind since birth, Martine Able-Williamson is now a global leader in the blind community. In this i...

My Perfect Family: Jo & Leon

Young doctor Jo Scott’s career was on the rise when a brain haemorrhage changed her life. Seven year...

My Perfect Family: Mahia & Tipene

Mahia and Tipene Stephens were born with a congenital eye disorder, causing their eyesight to deteri...

My Perfect Family: The Fergusons Part 1

The Fergusons are an average family of five; they have fun, they fight, but mostly they get along. ...

My Perfect Family: Tara Aumalesulu

Nine year old Tara is launching her very first album, Pele O Lo’u Fatu. Living with visual impairmen...

My Perfect Family: Creative Clan

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

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 ...

My Perfect Family: OCD

For two teenage sisters living with OCD, the world can often be an uncertain and scary place. In the...

My Perfect Family: Harper Ahern

Since being diagnosed with Muscular Dystrophy at age four, 10-year-old surfer Harper and his family ...

My Perfect Family: CDKL5

Learning your new baby has a complex rare condition is life altering. Three Mums connect over their ...

My Perfect Family: The Priestleys

Four of the six Priestley family members live with Autism. Because they’re able to function at a hig...

My Perfect Family: Sam and Jason

Sam lost her sight as a baby due to meningitis, and her husband Jason has limited vision due to a ge...

My Perfect Family: Perrones

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

My Perfect Family: Southland

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

My Perfect Family: Tiffiney Perry

Always an active person, Tiffiney Perry continued participating in sports and achieving success afte...

My Perfect Family: Hunter

Hunter McGregor is a passionate gamer, a design school graduate, and he runs a B&B with his mum, Roi...

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: Bold As Brass

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

My Perfect Family: Courtenay

Demar Gear was just five months old when she contracted meningitis, leaving her unable to walk or ta...

My Perfect Family: Family Man Graeme

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

My Perfect Family: Candle Dad

Raising four children alone is a challenge - more so, when two have Down Syndrome. Tony Sykes rose t...

My Perfect Family: Southland Lockdown

Awards Night is the highlight of the social calendar for a vulnerable workforce at Southland Disabil...

My Perfect Family: Grace Payne

Grace Payne is a powerlifter who has competed in the Special Olympics as an autistic athlete. Now, 2...

My Perfect Family: The Fergusons Part 2

Last week we met the Fergusons, a family of five who communicate using NZSL. Here, we join the Fergu...

My Perfect Family: Little People

The 50th annual conference for Little People of New Zealand (LPNZ) is fast approaching, and 27-year-...

My Perfect Family: Malaena Cariño

12-year-old Malaena Cariño has a rare genetic form of epilepsy. Her whānau have exhausted most treat...

My Perfect Family: Melody

Within just one year Melody entirely lost her vision, gave birth to her first child, and left her ho...

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: Scruff's Bunch

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

Brothers and Sisters

The unique perspective of those closest to us, our brothers and sisters.

My Perfect Family: No Respite

Life during a pandemic is a challenge for all parents with kids at home. But for parents whose child...

My Perfect Family: Kim Preston

Raising three boys is always a big task, especially when two of them have severe autism. But Kim Pre...

My Perfect Family: Alex

Performance is in the Walsh family’s DNA. When their youngest son Alex was born with Down syndrome, ...

My Perfect Family: Zoe

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

My Perfect Family: Meet the Asners

They call themselves the "The Brady Bunch of Autism". Descendants of Hollywood royalty, Matt and Nav...

My Perfect Family: Tri Rugby

For members of Christchurch's Tri Rugby team - who live with intellectual disabilities - rugby is mo...

My Perfect Family: Max and Grace

Siblings Max and Grace are off on a road trip to Queenstown, putting Max's independence to the test ...

Bulletproof: Anna Parsons

University student Anna Parsons suffered horrific injuries in a climbing fall accident in the US. In...

Bulletproof: Bailley Unahi

Bailley Unahi was crushed when a balcony collapsed on her at an outdoor concert in Dunedin. Paralyse...

Bulletproof: Peter Cowan

Peter Cowan lost his right leg in a hit and run accident when he was a teenager. Now this champion o...

Bulletproof: Lee Warn Part 1

Lee Warn has never let the fact he is in a wheelchair slow him down. He is a wheelchair marathon ath...

Bulletproof

Adjusting to life with a disability after an accident

Bulletproof: Sophia

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

Bulletproof: Amanda

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

Bulletproof: Ephraim

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

Bulletproof: Matthew

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

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: Gareth

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

Bulletproof: Jezza

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

Bulletproof: Ashley

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

Bulletproof: Sophia Takes Life On

In 2016, a horse-riding accident left Sophia Malthus tetraplegic. But determined to turn her situati...

Bulletproof: James Littlejohn

James Littlejohn lives with partial paraplegia after a motorbike accident. He loves mountain biking,...

Bulletproof: Khadag Bista

In 2018 Khadag suffered a traumatic brain injury in a car accident. Incredibly, this Nepalese chef h...

Bulletproof: Scott MacDonald

Motocross enthusiast Scott MacDonald was 14-years-old when he broke his back after a jump went wrong...

Bulletproof: Tim

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

Bulletproof: Shaz

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

Bulletproof: Ryan Gibb

After a motorbike accident leaves outdoor enthusiast Ryan paralysed, he adapts with a change in care...

Bulletproof: Mitch Joynt

Mitch Joynt is lucky to be alive. The young arborist lost his leg when he was dragged into a woodchi...

In My Mind: Dr Tom

Doctor Tom’s mission is to be the ambulance at the top of the cliff. By sharing his personal journey...

In My Mind: Trailer

Living with mental health conditions

In My Mind: Teen Anxiety

What exactly is anxiety, and why is it more prevalent in teenagers now than in previous generations?...

In My Mind: Midlife Crisis

Middle-aged males often top mental health statistics. Here, Gen Xers and former comedians Willy de W...

In My Mind: Breaking Point

To endure a breakdown at the pinnacle of your sporting career is tough. Former NRL star Paul Whatuir...

In My Mind: Mana and Mateship

Lifelong best mates Matetu and Whare have both experienced depression, addiction and attempted suici...

In My Mind: Starting the Conversation

Getting men to talk about their feelings is easier said than done, but one man is. Sam don Barber, a...

In My Mind: The Early Years

NZ have the highest youth suicide rate in the world and men outnumber women four to one. There is no...

In My Mind: Burnout

Burnout is referred to as the overachiever's syndrome and is becoming increasingly common. Doctors a...

In My Mind: Body

The pressure on women to be thin is everywhere. While environmental and genetic factors cause obesit...

In My Mind: Mums

Motherhood is meant to be one of life's fulfilling experiences, so why are so many mums a mess? Prol...

In My Mind: Social Obsession

We're more connected than ever... always at the beck and call of our smart phones. But despite being...

In My Mind: Huntington's

Rachel (41) and KJ (33) are two friends living with Huntington's, a fatal neurodegenerative disease....

In My Mind: Dominique

Dominique has survived for almost 12 years with severe anorexia and is determined to find a way to h...

In My Mind: Rodney

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

In My Mind: Psychosis

When reality blends with your imagination, life can be a living hell. Young people bravely share exp...

In My Mind: James

James is going back to work for the first time in ten years. After battling voices in his head and d...

In My Mind: Kiwi Farmers

Kiwi farmers are resilient men and women. But with tough economic times, isolation and stress, depre...

O'Connor's Life Was Changed in a Moment

O'Connor sustained a traumatic brain injury in a motorbike accident. His mother thought he'd never g...

Casey's Life Was Changed in a Moment

It was just over a year ago that Casey broke her neck while training for an upcoming motocross event...

Nafi's Life Was Changed in a Moment

Nafi Tefono was 'young and bulletproof' and a talented rugby player, but one day a misplaced tackle ...

Parveen's Life Was Changed in a Moment

Parveen lost his sight in a car accident at 25. He thought life was over, but he was soon to learn i...

Phil's Life Was Changed in a Moment

Phil Spring broke his neck in a scrum over 40 years ago, since then he's had a full life making impo...

Sophia's Life Was Changed in a Moment

Sophia was training to be a jockey when she was thrown from her horse, breaking her neck. She tells ...

Tanya's Life Was Changed in a Moment

Tanya Black was left paralysed after a simple fall in her home 12 years ago. She never thought she'd...

Tupou's Life Was Changed in a Moment

Tupou Seini Neiufi was hit by a car when she was just two years old. Brain injury and hemiplegia mea...

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...

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 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 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 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...