Sailsbury School
Salisbury School in Nelson is a boarding school for girls with intellectual disabilities and behavioral challenges _ it's at risk of closure.
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: Candle Dad
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: Breaking Point
Crips In Cars: Jack & Jayden
Jack Tame is a TV personality and host of Breakfast. Jaden Movold is only 14 but is already working ...
Crips In Cars: Jack & Jayden
Crips In Cars: Jess & Jason
Jessica Tyson is Miss World New Zealand and a mental health advocate. Jason Gillard has channelled h...
Crips In Cars: Jess & Jason
Crips In Cars: Paula & Hunter
Paula Bennett is a politician and former Deputy Prime Minister. Hunter McGregor studied media design...
Crips In Cars: Paula & Hunter
Crips In Cars: Buckwheat & Don
Buckwheat AKA Edward Cowley is drag queen royalty and a Pacific health advocate. Don McKenzie is a f...
Crips In Cars: Buckwheat & Don
Crips In Cars: Oscar & Deb
Oscar Kightley is a comedian, actor and author. Deborah Lampshire is a mental health expert, a mothe...
Crips In Cars: Oscar & Deb
Crips In Cars: Willie & Darya
Willie Waiirua is a social media influencer and musician. Darya Small is a social change maker livin...
Crips In Cars: Willie & Darya
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...
I Have Burns, What's Your Excuse?
Growing Up Blind
Kyren is 9 years old and totally blind. Independence is hard work and he's thinking of giving up, bu...
Growing Up Blind
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: Family Man Graeme
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: Creative Clan
Being Me: Geneva
Geneva Tino's cerebral palsy means she needs a TalkLink device to communicate... ironically the 24-y...
Being Me: Geneva
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...
The Road to Miss Amazing: Part 2
Being Me Alix
Alix Generous has spoken at the United Nations, made a significant contribution to science, given tw...
Being Me Alix
An Anxious World: Children Part 2
Despite being only weeks old when the Christchurch earthquake forced her family from their home, eig...
An Anxious World: Children Part 2
Dylan Goes to Kindy: Dylan's First Day
We've been filming with the Bezencon family since before Dylan was born. Tests confirmed he'd be bor...
Dylan Goes to Kindy: Dylan's First Day
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? Shakti: A Message to My Younger Self
The Road to Miss Amazing: Part 1
Each year over a hundred girls with learning disabilities gather with the hope of being crowned Miss...
The Road to Miss Amazing: Part 1
Being Me: Jason
Throughout childhood Jason Edgecombe was different and suffered endless rejection. But a diagnosis o...
Being Me: Jason
Dean Finds His Voice
Eighteen-year-old Dean Buckley has overcome serious health issues, depression and the judgments of o...
Dean Finds His Voice
Where Are They Now? Dylan: Growing Up With Down Syndrome
The first five years are the most wondrous and crucial years of development, from the womb we've car...
Where Are They Now? Dylan: Growing Up With Down Syndrome
Being Me Shakti
Shakti Krishnan is leaving his family to pursue tertiary life in the big smoke, and to prove to his ...
Being Me Shakti
Surviving Schizophrenia
Elyn, Debra and Paris are each using their personal experiences and expertise to debunk the myths an...
Surviving Schizophrenia
Hear Me Run
Sekou Kenneh is the fastest kid in Queensland. At 14 he's got his eye on the 2020 Olympics. But bein...
Hear Me Run
The Daverts
Michaela Davert, her twin brother Austin, and Mum Missy all live with a condition called Brittle Bon...
The Daverts
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...
Blake and Ryan Go Flatting
Sailsbury School
Salisbury School in Nelson is a boarding school for girls with intellectual disabilities and behavio...
Sailsbury School
A Curious Mind: St. Lucy's
To mainstream or not - a dilemma faced by parents of children with intellectual disabilities. Visit ...
A Curious Mind: St. Lucy's
My Perfect Family: Mahia & Tipene
Mahia and Tipene Stephens were born with a congenital eye disorder, causing their eyesight to deteri...
My Perfect Family: Mahia & Tipene
An Anxious World: Children Part 1
Anxiety rates in NZ children are skyrocketing with the number of diagnosed cases more than doubling ...
An Anxious World: Children Part 1
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 3
Truth About Teenagers
Pimples, peer pressure and parents, being a teenager can be tough. Thirteen teens join us in a frank...
Truth About Teenagers
Amanda Cameron
Twenty-year-old Architectural Technology student Amanda Cameron can't help but smile since she's lea...
Amanda Cameron
Mark Grantham: Mark's Vision
Mark has cerebral palsy and a goal to fly to Africa to visit the children he supports through World ...
Mark Grantham: Mark's Vision
The Truth About Disability: Part 1
A three part series revealing the �Truth About Disability.� A wide range of perspectives on all the ...
The Truth About Disability: Part 1
Dean Rapper
Dean Young is a talented rapper and peot with Down Syndrome.
Dean Rapper
Blind Camp
Camping with young Kiwi blind kids. In an effort to build confidence, they're leaping out of their c...
Blind Camp
The Value of Art
In the art world they're referred to as outsider artists. They live with disability and they've neve...
The Value of Art
Lip Service: The Third Language
Why should you learn sign language? Getting to know a dynamic young guy like Mark Berry is one reaso...
Lip Service: The Third Language
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 2
Tegan University: Campus Life
Tegan has Muscular Dystrophy and uses a power chair to get around, so she faces a few additional cha...
Tegan University: Campus Life
The Mums: Education
All children deserve an equal opportunity to education. But for some parents of children with disabi...
The Mums: Education
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: Dr Tom
Being Me: Cory
Punk-rock frontman Cory Newman is creating big waves with his band. The award-winning 17-year-old, w...
Being Me: Cory
My Perfect Family: Taonga
The Peita Boys keep their mum, Miranda’s, hands full. Taonga, the youngest, was born with the extra ...
My Perfect Family: Taonga
Born Different
James, a teenager with autism, knows what it’s like to feel like an outsider. He wrestles between st...
Born Different
Change Makers: Dr Huhana Hickey
Dr Huhana Hickey is a key figure in the disability community. She's organising a hikoi to seek a bet...
Change Makers: Dr Huhana Hickey
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: Candle Dad
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: Candle Dad
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:Fragile X
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:Fragile X
Crips In Cars: Willie & Darya
Willie Waiirua is a social media influencer and musician. Darya Small is a social change maker livin...
Crips In Cars: Willie & Darya
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: Welcome Home Stevie
Salem's Ballet
Salem Foxx is only 13 and has already danced with the Royal New Zealand Ballet. Dance has opened up ...
Salem's Ballet
Unlocking Autism
As a neurologist and mother, Ros Hill is determined to unlock the mysteries of autism.
Unlocking Autism
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: Family Man Graeme
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: Creative Clan
The Mutes
In this rock-u-mentary we go on tour with The Mutes from Mars. They've been madly practicing for one...
The Mutes
The Lily Harper Show
Hosting her own chat show Lily Harper interviews herself, getting the low down on life as an indepen...
The Lily Harper Show
Robert Martin Makes History
Kiwi Robert Martin is in New York at the UN and making history as the first person with a learning d...
Robert Martin Makes History
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...
The Road to Miss Amazing: Part 2
Being Me Alix
Alix Generous has spoken at the United Nations, made a significant contribution to science, given tw...
Being Me Alix
Dylan Goes to Kindy: Dylan's First Day
We've been filming with the Bezencon family since before Dylan was born. Tests confirmed he'd be bor...
Dylan Goes to Kindy: Dylan's First Day
My Perfect Family: Zoe
Zoe Tate lives with Wolf-Hirschhorn Syndrome, a genetic disorder affecting her appearance, growth an...
My Perfect Family: Zoe
Time to Shine: Special Olympics World Games
It's the biggest sporting event of the year - the Special Olympics World Games. For 36 kiwi athletes...
Time to Shine: Special Olympics World Games
Being Us: Nathan and Michael
A friendship born out of a love for sport, Nathan and Michael's fates aligned thanks to their passio...
Being Us: Nathan and Michael
A Father's Love
Cliff, 79, has dedicated his life to caring for his now adult children with intellectual disabilitie...
A Father's Love
Seclusion
Ashley lives with autism, behavioural challenges and mental un-wellness. He's in a secure mental hea...
Seclusion
The Road to Miss Amazing: Part 1
Each year over a hundred girls with learning disabilities gather with the hope of being crowned Miss...
The Road to Miss Amazing: Part 1
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: Meet the Asners
Damiana Rides Again
For years Damian Day has cycled up and down New Zealand searching for a place to fit in. Has he fina...
Damiana Rides Again
Justice for FASD
Daniel and Jakob are 2 teens living with a surprisingly common, yet largely misunderstood disability...
Justice for FASD
Keeping Up With Chris
When Chris Bunton was born with Down Syndrome his parents wondered if he'd ever achieve the independ...
Keeping Up With Chris
Philip's Puppets
Meet Philip - a quirky puppeteer living with Autism. With the help of 2 puppets he's spreading a mes...
Philip's Puppets
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: Twins
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: Twins
The Big Climb
Tom doesn't say much and Mitch doesn't stop. They're best friends helping each other through life's ...
The Big Climb
Where Are They Now? Dylan: Growing Up With Down Syndrome
The first five years are the most wondrous and crucial years of development, from the womb we've car...
Where Are They Now? Dylan: Growing Up With Down Syndrome
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...
Jimmy Wants a Job
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...
Robert Martin: The People's Advocate
Portia Wants a Job
When Portia finished high school she had high hopes of getting a job. She has volunteer and work pla...
Portia Wants a Job
Josh Flannagan: Horse Whisperer
Humans and the way they behave have always confused Josh Flannagan but his special affinity with hor...
Josh Flannagan: Horse Whisperer
Sailsbury School
Salisbury School in Nelson is a boarding school for girls with intellectual disabilities and behavio...
Sailsbury School
A Curious Mind: St. Lucy's
To mainstream or not - a dilemma faced by parents of children with intellectual disabilities. Visit ...
A Curious Mind: St. Lucy's
A Curious Mind: St. Lucy's
To mainstream or not - a dilemma faced by parents of children with intellectual disabilities. Visit ...
A Curious Mind: St. Lucy's
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...
My Perfect Family: Scruff's Bunch
Sam's Big Adventure
Sam Muir-James can swim to Rangitoto Island, perform magic tricks and make children laugh. He doesn'...
Sam's Big Adventure
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: Sarah
My Perfect Family: Southland
Southland Disability Enterprises employs over 80 people who live with a disability. For Mary-Ellen J...
My Perfect Family: Southland
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 3
Clayton's Quest for Gold
Competitive Weight Lifter Clayton Marr squeezes a lot into his day but most importantly, training fo...
Clayton's Quest for Gold
The Truth About Disability: Part 1
A three part series revealing the �Truth About Disability.� A wide range of perspectives on all the ...
The Truth About Disability: Part 1
Skating for Glory
Ben Southern's one objective is to deliver the greatest performance of his life at the Special Olymp...
Skating for Glory
Dean Rapper
Dean Young is a talented rapper and peot with Down Syndrome.
Dean Rapper
Four Go Flatting
Four young people reckon it's time they moved out of home and went flatting. But with intellectual d...
Four Go Flatting
The Value of Art
In the art world they're referred to as outsider artists. They live with disability and they've neve...
The Value of Art
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 2
Meet Alex Sneddon
Alex Sneddon's parents have always wanted the best for their son. Now the 24-year-old who lives with...
Meet Alex Sneddon
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...
Kelly Downs Achiever: Kelly's Story
Special Olympics Figure Skater: Meg
Meg was mesmerised by the sparkly dresses when she first watched figure skating on TV. After her 9th...
Special Olympics Figure Skater: Meg
Beauty Queen with Down Syndrome: Aubrey the Amazing
Aubrey Armstrong is a 13-year-old from Mississippi and she is full of sass! When she's not bossing h...
Beauty Queen with Down Syndrome: Aubrey the Amazing
The Road to Miss Amazing 2018: Part 3
There’s only four days until the Miss Amazing 2018 final, and Jordan’s on a tight schedule with no r...
The Road to Miss Amazing 2018: Part 3
The Road to Miss Amazing 2018: Part 1
This year, 17-year-old Abby returns to Miss Amazing as the reigning winner, after having a life-chan...
The Road to Miss Amazing 2018: Part 1
The Road to Miss Amazing 2018: Part 5
Gigi fights her nerves, and makes it on stage for her first appearance. Mum’s Lisa and Christine sh...
The Road to Miss Amazing 2018: Part 5
The Road to Miss Amazing 2018: Part 2
Miss Amazing created positive change for Abby, but see how the pageant has changed the life of her m...
The Road to Miss Amazing 2018: Part 2
The Road to Miss Amazing 2018: Part 4
Contestants arrive at the Miss Amazing 2018 pageant in Chicago, the ballroom is still getting decora...
The Road to Miss Amazing 2018: Part 4
The Road to Miss Amazing 2018: Part 6
Gigi’s friends come to the rescue when the pressure of performing and being on stage almost becomes ...
The Road to Miss Amazing 2018: Part 6
My Perfect Family: Southland Lockdown
Awards Night is the highlight of the social calendar for a vulnerable workforce at Southland Disabil...
My Perfect Family: Southland Lockdown
Sir Robert Martin: A Human Rights Conversation
Sir Robert Martin's earliest memories are of appalling treatment in an institution. Now, he works wi...
Sir Robert Martin: A Human Rights Conversation
Being Me: Rufus
Rufus lives in Kaikoura with his parents, but wants to live independently like his siblings. On a ro...
Being Me: Rufus
My Perfect Family: Taonga
The Peita Boys keep their mum, Miranda’s, hands full. Taonga, the youngest, was born with the extra ...
My Perfect Family: Taonga
Inside Outside: Jesse Coles-Hart
Jesse Coles-Hart has started his first paid job as an assistant baker, but he still makes time for t...
Inside Outside: Jesse Coles-Hart
My Perfect Family: CDKL5
Learning your new baby has a complex rare condition is life altering. Three Mums connect over their ...
My Perfect Family: CDKL5
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: Carlos
My Perfect Family: Tri Rugby
For members of Christchurch's Tri Rugby team - who live with intellectual disabilities - rugby is mo...
My Perfect Family: Tri Rugby
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 ...
My Perfect Family: Max and Grace
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: Alex
Being Me: Bailey Conlon
16-year-old para-swimmer Bailey is smashing records and helping to raise the profile of swimmers wit...
Being Me: Bailey Conlon