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Sport Makes a Difference

• child safety, coach, manawatu, palmerston north, sport, sports club, volunteer

Leanne – Sport Manawatu New Zealanders love sport! So does Leanne. Leanne moved to NZ from the UK a few years ago and works for a sports organisation in Manawatu. She fell in love with the charms of our big backyard and this is now very much her home. Leanne is also extremely passionate about...MORE

A Good Story (a great one)

# Featured, Kids are Awesome, Kōrero

• Adeaze. singing, confidence, dance, kiwi kids, music, Pasifika, performance arts, saintzup, Sourth Auckland Mangere

A Good Story (12 mins) We spent a week with SUPA – SaintzUp Performing Arts Trust and we were deeply moved. We have not stopped raving about these guys since we left. The media love sharing the bad stories from South Auckland so we are more than happy to counter that with a good one. A great...MORE

Highlights from our first 5 months!

Check it out! Here are just a few of the many amazing people we have met on the road so far. We still have so many of these stories to share.While we have seen and heard many 'hard' stories on the road – we have also shared in the incredible joy that so many people...MORE

Acts of Kindness

# Community Initiatives and Doers, Kōrero

• acts of kindness, child abuse, children, community, value

I want to share something real – a passion project happens when you feel so emotionally bound by something, you have to make it happen. The problem is that the deeper you delve into the project, you can actually start to become numb to information and the heart drive becomes lost, replaced by a systematic...MORE

Kōrero with Mike Hill

# Community Initiatives and Doers, Featured, Kōrero

• ambulance, award winning, child abuse, coromandel, dads, mentor, mike hill, photographer, value, waihi

Mike Hill's challenge to all parents **WARNING** contains course language (swearing) and real life content.I met Mike of Mike Hill At Large a few years ago when I was filming weddings. I wouldn't say that we made the best first impressions on each other…. Mike looked like he should be shooting guns rather then weddings...MORE

Kōrero with an Ex-Cop

# Community Initiatives and Doers, Kōrero

• child abuse, cop, coromandel, cyfs, gangs, lawn mowing, maori, mental health, oranga tamariki, whitianga

Chris here. The other day we were parked at a mates place at cooks beach to steal some power and I got talking with a neighbor about what we were doing. He was an old fulla called Ian and was an absolute straight up genuine bloke. He told me I should have a chat to...MORE

An Xbox and Armed Police

# Kōrero

• armed, child abuse, New Zealand, police, social services, stop the bus, tokoroa, xbox

Armed Police, Xbox, and an old lady walking her dog. This is one of the most amazing stories we have heard so far. With 4 boys of our own, we can absolutely relate. Last week we were talking to Marama from the Tokoroa council of social services about the cases of abuse with Moko and...MORE

Kōrero with Child Matters CEO

# Community Initiatives and Doers, Kōrero

• child abuse, child matters, child protection, child value, jane searle, New Zealand, stop the bus

Last week we caught up with Jane Searle, CEO of Child Matters NZ. Jane brings a huge amount of experience to her role but says the community can also play an important part in child protection. In this clip, she offers some interesting thoughts. Worth a watch!#childmatters #stopthebus #stopthebusnz Posted by Stop the Bus on...MORE

Kōrero with Hone Harawira

# Community Initiatives and Doers, Kōrero

• far north, harawira, hone, kaiataia, mana, open the curtains, politician

Last week we stayed in Kaitaia West and it wasn’t long until we heard about a passionate group working in the neighbourhood to create positive change for families called Open The Curtains. We found out it was Hone Harawira’s kaupapa so we took the family around for a visit to find out more.

A day in Moerewa

# Community Initiatives and Doers, Kōrero

• damp homes, housing, kawakawa, moerewa, trade skills, value

This is a snippet into a day of our bus life… we dropped Erinna off at a local fitness class while Chris & the boys checked out the streets of Moerewa. One of the things we know from our research is that the hard stuff happening within our families is not limited to one race...MORE

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Sport Makes a Difference

A Good Story (a great one)

Acts of Kindness

Kōrero with Mike Hill

Kōrero with an Ex-Cop

Kōrero with Child Matters CEO

Kōrero with Hone Harawira

A day in Moerewa

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