February 2018

Grandparents raising Grandchildren

• caregivers, family, fostering, grandchildren, grandparents, whanau

WOW, over the last few weeks our eyes have been opened to some crazy numbers! A stat commonly published, with regard to children in NZ, is that there are about 5,700 kids under state care (Oranga Tamariki) BUT… Did you know that there are about 17,000 grandchildren being raised full time by just over 9,000...MORE

Kōrero with Josh Wharehinga

# Community Initiatives and Doers, Kids are Awesome, Kōrero

• community, council, councillor, gisborne, gizzy, josh, kaiti beach, wharehinga

*Warning this clip contains some sensitive topics of discussion and the odd swear word* It also contains a pretty inappropriate joke from one of our boys. 🙄 New Zealand is a small country but we continue to be surprised at the uniqueness of each area we visit. The first thing we noticed about Gisborne was how...MORE

Do You See?

# Kōrero

• children, community, family, responsibility, wellbeing, whanau

This is our family. Chris and I were raised in happy, healthy homes, we were believed in, were told we were loved every day and so grew up with the confidence that we could do whatever it was we wanted to do with our lives. We both have degrees and had our own children surrounded...MORE

A Trip to Rere Falls

# A Bus and a Big Back Yard

• east coast, gisborne, gizzy, New Zealand, rere falls, rock slide

I’m so embarrassed to be posting this. 1. I’m picking at my teeth 2. My hair is greasy 3. Chris and I have just argued over what we should be doing for that day. It’s clear that I’m shitty. I’m eager to move on & get more stories but Chris thinks we should visit Rere...MORE

Silence Can Be Deadly

# Kids are Awesome, Kōrero

• broken, children, its not ok, picture, shattered, silence

The bus we are traveling and living in used to be a school bus. After completely stripping out and cleaning it there was one final piece of paper that was folded and tucked away at the front of the bus that no one had bothered to look at. That is until one day during the...MORE