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Outward Bound Pt2
As their Outward Bound adventure continues, a group of people living with physical disabilities tackle their fear of heights, and a challenging waka journey.
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Outward Bound Pt1
A group of people living with physical disabilities arrives at Outward Bound, in the Marlborough Sou...
Outward Bound Pt1
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Outward Bound Pt2
As their Outward Bound adventure continues, a group of people living with physical disabilities tack...
Outward Bound Pt2
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Being Me: Veronique Theberge
Five years on from an acquired brain injury due to encephalitis, Veronique Theberge is training for ...
Being Me: Veronique Theberge
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Bulletproof: Jezza Williams
A canyoning accident in Switzerland in 2010 left Jezza Williams a tetraplegic. An adventurer at hear...
Bulletproof: Jezza Williams
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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
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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
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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
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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
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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
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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
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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
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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
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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?
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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
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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
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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
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Being Me: Geneva
Geneva Tino's cerebral palsy means she needs a TalkLink device to communicate... ironically the 24-y...
Being Me: Geneva
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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
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Being Me Alix
Alix Generous has spoken at the United Nations, made a significant contribution to science, given tw...
Being Me Alix
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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
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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
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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
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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
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Being Me: Jason
Throughout childhood Jason Edgecombe was different and suffered endless rejection. But a diagnosis o...
Being Me: Jason
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Dean Finds His Voice
Eighteen-year-old Dean Buckley has overcome serious health issues, depression and the judgments of o...
Dean Finds His Voice
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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
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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
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Surviving Schizophrenia
Elyn, Debra and Paris are each using their personal experiences and expertise to debunk the myths an...
Surviving Schizophrenia
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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
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The Daverts
Michaela Davert, her twin brother Austin, and Mum Missy all live with a condition called Brittle Bon...
The Daverts
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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
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Sailsbury School
Salisbury School in Nelson is a boarding school for girls with intellectual disabilities and behavio...
Sailsbury School
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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
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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
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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
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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
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Truth About Teenagers
Pimples, peer pressure and parents, being a teenager can be tough. Thirteen teens join us in a frank...
Truth About Teenagers
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Amanda Cameron
Twenty-year-old Architectural Technology student Amanda Cameron can't help but smile since she's lea...
Amanda Cameron
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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
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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
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Dean Rapper
Dean Young is a talented rapper and peot with Down Syndrome.
Dean Rapper
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Blind Camp
Camping with young Kiwi blind kids. In an effort to build confidence, they're leaping out of their c...
Blind Camp
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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
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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
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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
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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
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The Mums: Education
All children deserve an equal opportunity to education. But for some parents of children with disabi...
The Mums: Education
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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
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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
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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
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Born Different
James, a teenager with autism, knows what it’s like to feel like an outsider. He wrestles between st...
Born Different
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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
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