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: Hayley
17-year-old double amputee, Haley Birch is breaking records. Having survived meningococcal disease, ...
My Perfect Family: Courtenay
Demar Gear was just five months old when she contracted meningitis, leaving her unable to walk or ta...
Being Me: Ripu
Ripu was 21, living in Sydney and finishing a Masters in Journalism when meningococcal septicaemia n...
Baby Charlotte Grows Up
Charlotte Cleverley-Bisman lost her limbs to meningitis as a baby. Now she's 11, and learning to do ...
Meningitis: An Insidious Disease
Barney Koneferenisi and Charlotte Cleverly-Bisman both survived the onslaught of meningitis but live...
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...
Bulletproof: Aleina Beer
Contracting meningitis changed Aleina Beer’s life. She lost her right leg and now needs a kidney tra...
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: Hayley
17-year-old double amputee, Haley Birch is breaking records. Having survived meningococcal disease, ...
Question Time: Surviving Meningococcal
In our new series, we answer some of the commonly asked questions relating to disability. Thanks t...
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: Joshua
Joshua Sade-Inia is a burns survivor. The scars, which cover almost half his body represent his ins...
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: Midlife Crisis
Middle-aged males often top mental health statistics. Here, Gen Xers and former comedians Willy de W...
In My Mind: Midlife Crisis
Middle-aged males often top mental health statistics. Here, Gen Xers and former comedians Willy de W...
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 ...
Glimpse: Reem
Hip hop is about expressing your truth and for Reem rapping and writing has helped her move through ...
Glimpse: Iris
To see Iris G perform is like witnessing a soul laid bare. But it’s her lyrics that reveal the compl...
Glimpse: Amy
Amy has walked the tightrope of her eating disorder for three years. But, even in her depths of desp...
Glimpse: Te Awariki
Te Awariki was at the darkest point in his life, his dreams of breaking into the entertainment indus...
Glimpse: Tayla
Tayla has facial paralysis. The constant bulling impacted her self-worth, which led to clinical depr...
Glimpse: Daniel
Daniel is an artist who lives with schizophrenia and wears his truth on the pages of his work. Rathe...
Glimpse: Vanessa
Asking someone for help can be hard, especially when you fear their reaction. Through her art, Vanes...
Glimpse: Rua
Rua has gone through more than his fair share of traumatic events in his 39 years of life; the exper...
Glimpse: Aurelia
Aurelia's photography is reflected by her mood and it's an indicator to what she's feeling. Now with...
Glimpse: Danielle
Danielle Hayes won Season Two of New Zealand’s Top Model; the win catapulted her on to the world sta...
Glimpse: Ainsley
Dance is a way to externally express what's happening on the inside. For Ainsley, it's one way she d...
Glimpse: Bronson
When Bronson, AKA Melodowns, is rapping he's in his element. After going through a rough time as a y...
In My Mind: Teen Anxiety
What exactly is anxiety, and why is it more prevalent in teenagers now than in previous generations?...
Crips In Cars: Oscar & Deb
Oscar Kightley is a comedian, actor and author. Deborah Lampshire is a mental health expert, a mothe...
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...
Mike Chunn & The Long Black Cloud
Musical legend Mike Chunn brings together threads of the disability community in a campaign to use I...
PTSD at Sea
An Australian soldier confronts his fears both on and off the water as he embarks on an epic adventu...
Being Me Freedom
Freedom was diagnosed with eye cancer at three months old, having both eyes removed by age five. Now...
Being Me: Hayley
17-year-old double amputee, Haley Birch is breaking records. Having survived meningococcal disease, ...
Outbreak: Vaccines
Vaccinations are a topic that polarises parents. Meet one mother who's certain her baby would be ali...
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...
Jarrod's Second Life
Jarrod was like any other typical teenager, active and outgoing until a heart attack came out of the...
Being Me: Robbie
Robbie Francis is 27, and doing her bit to change the world. She's bringing together disability, sus...
My Perfect Family: Creative Clan
Ranger Ashurst is eleven and needs regular injections to control his Chrone's disease, his eight yea...
Outbreak: Resistance
Antibiotics are a part of modern day life, but are we being prescribed too many, too often and to th...
I Need To Breathe
Sisters Nikki and Kristie both have the deteriorating lung condition, Cystic Fibrosis. Nikki's life ...
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...
My Perfect Family: Cystic Sisters
Kristy and Nikki are sisters and young mums who bring smiles to the faces of strangers by doing surp...
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...
Living with Parkinson's: Clyde
When entrepreneur Clyde Campbell learned he had Parkinson's at 44, he started the Shake It Up founda...
In My Mind: Adam
As a young man, Adam Bryce suffered from anorexia. It's been a tough road that's lead to depression....
In My Mind: Mums
Motherhood is meant to be one of life's fulfilling experiences, so why are so many mums a mess? Prol...
Being Us: Liam and Shane
Liam has Down Syndrome, and while technically Shane is teaching him life skills, Liam's the one who'...
An Anxious World: Children Part 2
Despite being only weeks old when the Christchurch earthquake forced her family from their home, eig...
In Pot Pursuit: Part 1
Three characters with different medical reasons for wanting to use medicinal marijuana reveal the hu...
In Pot Pursuit: Part 1
Three characters with different medical reasons for wanting to use medicinal marijuana reveal the hu...
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: Dominique
Dominique has survived for almost 12 years with severe anorexia and is determined to find a way to h...
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...
Dementia: A Love Letter
Mandy was only 42 when she received her diagnosis of early onset dementia, and Clare just 60. Their ...
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...
In My Mind: Psychosis
When reality blends with your imagination, life can be a living hell. Young people bravely share exp...
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...
Seclusion
Ashley lives with autism, behavioural challenges and mental un-wellness. He's in a secure mental hea...
Dementia: Te Ao Maori
Misdiagnosis of dementia among Maori is common. Look at the breakthrough research that aims to impro...
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...
In Pot Pursuit: Part 2
California is a state where medicinal marijuana is legal, and dispensaries are plentiful. Meet peopl...
In My Mind: Mana and Mateship
Lifelong best mates Matetu and Whare have both experienced depression, addiction and attempted suici...
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...
Being Me: Ripu
Ripu was 21, living in Sydney and finishing a Masters in Journalism when meningococcal septicaemia n...
In My Mind: Rodney
Wheelchair dancer Rodney Bell was homeless on the streets of San Francisco for three years. Back hom...
Glimpse
One in five young people will experience some kind of serious mood disorder before the age of 24. Gl...
In My Mind: Arley
Teenager Arley Gower was diagnosed with anorexia three-years ago. It's a long road to recovery, but ...
In My Mind: Social Obsession
We're more connected than ever... always at the beck and call of our smart phones. But despite being...
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: Claire
Claire Freeman's achieved a lot since a spinal injury that put her in a wheelchair at 17, a design d...
Surviving Traumatic Brain Injury: Terry's Story
Terry was always the life of the party but at 56, everything turned upside-down when he was in a hor...
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.
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...
Model in Milan
Quadrapligic model, Claire Freeman makes her debut on the international catwalk at Milan Fashion Wee...
Model in Milan
Quadrapligic model, Claire Freeman makes her debut on the international catwalk at Milan Fashion Wee...
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...
Being Me: Brylee
At six, Brylee Mills lost her arm, and has been coming to terms with it ever since. She's embarking ...
Surviving Schizophrenia
Elyn, Debra and Paris are each using their personal experiences and expertise to debunk the myths an...
Diabetes: Back from the Brink
Paul and Boxer could have died of type 2 diabetes years ago, but against the odds, they've transform...
Together Apart
Everyday thousands of New Zealanders face loosing their loved ones to Alzheimer's. This is the story...
Together Apart
Everyday thousands of New Zealanders face loosing their loved ones to Alzheimer's. This is the story...
In My Mind: Kiwi Farmers
Kiwi farmers are resilient men and women. But with tough economic times, isolation and stress, depre...
Lucky, Lucky Me
Chris McMurray has a way with words, the talented performance poet and rapper was diagnosed with sch...
Broken: Part 3
In New Zealand 36,000 people suffer a traumatic brain injury every year. The most severe go to ABI ...
Broken: Part 2
Traumatic Brain Injury can happen to anyone. But it’s often a hidden disability. In this series we j...
Broken: Part 1
Imagine waking up and not knowing who you are. Every 15 minutes a New Zealander suffers a Traumatic ...
Broken: Part 5
Terry, T.K and Jarrod’s lives were completely shattered after suffering a traumatic brain injury, bu...
Broken: Part 4
What is it like to start again? To learn to tie your shoelaces at 56, or to learn how to walk when y...
An Anxious World: Children Part 1
Anxiety rates in NZ children are skyrocketing with the number of diagnosed cases more than doubling ...
Truth About Teenagers
Pimples, peer pressure and parents, being a teenager can be tough. Thirteen teens join us in a frank...
Truth About Teenagers
Pimples, peer pressure and parents, being a teenager can be tough. Thirteen teens join us in a frank...
Arthritis
Meet three inspirational young women pursuing their ambitions while living with arthritis - includin...
Tae Kami Tonga
Through her tough battle with cancer Tae Kami has developed wisdom far beyond her years. Tae looks a...
Meningitis: An Insidious Disease
Barney Koneferenisi and Charlotte Cleverly-Bisman both survived the onslaught of meningitis but live...
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...
Too Early? Born too soon?
Medical advances mean we can save pre-term babies from as early as 23 weeks gestation, but up to hal...
Sophie Reconstruction
A brave mum awaits high-tech facial reconstruction. The removal of an aggressive facial tumour chang...
Samuel's Baby
Rosa Marie Gibson is the first child of Jen and Samuel Gibson. Samuel has Brittle Bones disease or o...
Childhood Anxiety - Livestream with Nathan Wallis
Neuroscientist Nathan Wallis was on the couch with our panel of parents - Jason, Amanda and Sophia -...
Outbreak: 2020
In 2020 the rapid spread of Covid-19 has caused global alarm. We are being asked to unite as we figh...
Diabetes: The Silent Killer
Type 2 diabetes is New Zealand’s silent killer. More than 250,000 Kiwis live with it; a further 100,...
What's the Disabili-Tea - Cait and Rimu
Queer Disabled people are more likely to be misgendered than their Queer able bodied counterparts. R...
