Influence Stories
Amanda & Aroha
In October 2016, we were getting ready to go out to an event and I remember brus...
Anaiis - Red Frogs
I grew up in Brazil, it was my mum my sister and I. My parents split when I was ...
Andrew Stroud NZ
I rode one when I was about 10 years old, just a friends motorcross bike on a fa...
Barry Thom NZ
G'day, my name's Barry Thom. I have a real estate business called Unlimited Pote...
Bev
The first 9 years, what I remember was just violence, pain, a sad time. Mostly I...
Bev
My father was an alcoholic and I grew up in that kind of environment. My brother...
Bex
I work with young people and young people that are hopeless. I see lots of depre...
Carmen
Being a local midwife in South Auckland alot of the women I predominantly look a...
Charles & Janine
Besides our family, it's pretty much what we live for really. I didnt do any art...
Christina
I was born in California in the United States, i'm an only child and I have two ...
Craig
Being a Tauranga boy and growing up outdoors alot, everything in my heart and ev...
D65 Fitness
I was with a normal 9 - 5 job and none of that was fulfilling me or just going t...
Daniel Pearce & Sarah
Daniel is a professional golfer. He's on the australasian tour and the china tou...
Dave
Growing up we didnt have much. We'd only get sandwiches so I became really good ...
Dean - Help Children In Africa
I'd studied architecture and then really wanted to be able to push the boundarie...
Evan
I grew up in a rural town in East Otago. A place called Waikouaiti. It was a goo...
Gary
I was brought up in farming, my father, my grandfather, my great grandfather so ...
Hamish
Life was pretty different, I was definitely well overweight. I was getting quite...
Hayden
Just out chasing the elusive fish around, it’s something i’ve actually done a fa...
Jason Donnelly
We're doing the rounds, just heading out to one of our sites. What I do is prope...
Jay
Once it is an invite only website and we hold sales for designers, fashion desig...
Jean
The police took me to this orphanage. The one thing that I do remember is the lo...
Jenny & Richard
Ever since I was 3, I felt called to go on the mission field. I didnt necessaril...
Joelle Kabamba
I grew up in a family of 12 children in the Democratic republic of Congo. That's...
John
I think growing up was a wonderful story. We came from a little country town cal...
Jono
I was homeschooled when I was 8 years old to about 14 years old. And mainly just...
Joseph
We came from Samoa in the early 1980’s, looking for a better life. Our values we...
Joseph Edwards Rugby
I grew up all of my life, as a young kid going to rugby games. Watching all the ...
Karen
So this is where I used to work, it was my second day of starting work and two d...
Kirsty
I'm Kirsty Harkness and I've got a photography company here in Auckland which I ...
Laura - Sponsor a Child
In 2016 I started a programme called the Liberty project in Mozambique.
Lillian & Tim
I'd had a pretty rough time actually and in 5 years i'd lost my mum, my dad, my ...
Matt
So it was 10pm, October, the year 2001 and my whole life changed. First time I e...
Naomi & Vaughan
Was a very peaceful existence for a kid growing up. We were aware there was warf...
Nellie de Jong
As far as I can remember mum and dad both worked very hard.
Olivia
My name is Olivia and I'm 20 years old and I'm currently in my third year of uni...
Paul & Rita
Back in about 2004 we were sitting in a church service and the lady in the front...
Peter & Tilly
I'm the oldest in the family. Mum and dad during that time were quite ill so my ...
Raewyn
I'd been a primary teacher and I really loved kids. Even before I had some of my...
Ross
Yeah so when I left school I did a year at University and to be honest I didnt h...
Sam & Thelma - Crosspower Ministries
Right from the very beginning our desire was just to be who we were and express ...
Scott Unsworth
Right up from the age of 14 to 21 years, I lived breathed triathlons. Swimming, ...
Taylor
My story sort of starts off, before myself actually. It starts off with my Mum, ...
The Oneill Twins
Growing up as a twin, we've never had to go through that lonely stage because i'...
Will
I grew up in a great solid family with great positive influences on my life. As ...
Winkie Pratney
I had the second highest caning. They used to cane in those days, beat the fat o...
Wykie
I've always been into sport and fitness, it's always been something that's been ...
Yvonne
Growiing up I come from a really big family, a tongan family. There's ten kids i...