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 ...

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...

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 4

Contestants arrive at the Miss Amazing 2018 pageant in Chicago, the ballroom is still getting decora...

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 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 2

Miss Amazing created positive change for Abby, but see how the pageant has changed the life of her m...

Question Time: Down syndrome

Question Time is a segment where we ask questions you've always wanted to ask a person with a disabi...

Love Is Blind: Mike & Rebecca

Mike and Rebecca have learning disabilities but that hasn't stopped them from getting married and li...

Kids with Disabilities: Luke

Luke has Down syndrome and is one of the most compassionate and funniest nine-year-olds in Canterbur...

Dean Rapper

Dean Young is a talented rapper and peot with Down Syndrome.

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...

What's Your Possibility? Emma & Lizara

Shakti discusses growing up with a disability with friends Emma and Lizara.

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...

What's Up With Downs? Raising Downs

Parents will never stop worrying about their children. Are they developing properly? Learning enough...

What's Up With Downs? Adoption

Babies with Down Syndrome enriching the lives of families desperate to adopt them in America. Meet t...

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...

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...

Keeping Up With Chris

When Chris Bunton was born with Down Syndrome his parents wondered if he'd ever achieve the independ...

The Mutes

In this rock-u-mentary we go on tour with The Mutes from Mars. They've been madly practicing for one...

The Lily Harper Show

Hosting her own chat show Lily Harper interviews herself, getting the low down on life as an indepen...

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...

Meet Alex Sneddon

Alex Sneddon's parents have always wanted the best for their son. Now the 24-year-old who lives with...

Clayton's Quest for Gold

Competitive Weight Lifter Clayton Marr squeezes a lot into his day but most importantly, training fo...

Four Go Flatting

Four young people reckon it's time they moved out of home and went flatting. But with intellectual d...

Skating for Glory

Ben Southern's one objective is to deliver the greatest performance of his life at the Special Olymp...

T21: Down Syndrome

Often the expectations of those who live with Down Syndrome are set low, when in reality most are lo...

T21: Thomas

You might think Thomas Sadgrove is only capable of picking up the fish and chips, but actually, he's...

T21: Josh

You might think all Josh Cooke can lift are the shopping bags out of the car, but actually, he power...

T21: Mohit

You might think Mohit Naidu is only capable of cleaning up around the house, but actually, he sweeps...

T21: Emma

You might think Emma Ferens plays on her iPad all day, but actually, she's a waitress at a popular c...

T21: Laura

You might think Laura Harkins just sits around doing nothing, but actually, she makes and sells her ...

Being Me: Carlos

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

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: Gigi

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

Special Olympics Figure Skater: Meg

Meg was mesmerised by the sparkly dresses when she first watched figure skating on TV. After her 9th...

What's Up With Downs? Future

David Egan has worked on Capitol Hill, delivered speeches around the world in five different languag...

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 ...

Brothers and Sisters

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

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: 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: Creative Clan

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

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: Southland

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

Being Me: Rufus Henry

Rufus lives in Kaikoura with his parents but wants to live independently like his siblings. On a roa...

My Perfect Family: Api Latu

Api Latu is a fun-loving, cheeky four-year-old boy living with Down Syndrome. His family dote on him...