Here to celebrate stories of women and gender diverse folks in Aotearoa New Zealand. Storyo is all about vulnerable, honest and powerful stories around us - combat imposter syndrome and changing the narrative of success!
Thankyou for your korero. I am a survivor of complex trauma , sexual emotional and also physical . From a very young age . I was never believed I didn’t even trust my own pain or thoughts and the actions of the police actually traumatised me over and over I asked for help so many times . I never gave up and I’ve been a solo mum for 18 years now . I am now fighting to keep my sister safe she is isolated innorthland her husband he has assaulted us both infront of my newhews and I know 100% that she wants him to be gone so she can start to build her life again but she is in so much fear that he will kill her or her children . As he has threatened many times I am trying every avenue I can think of and really im terrified nothing is going to be done until it’s too late . I’m terrified he will kill her and the kids he’s completely unhinged . Thankyou I will not stop until I know they are ok . It’s been nearly 3 months since I spoke to my sister or my very young newhews whom im very close with . She has no phone and I’m certain she is missing her family . We miss her and are very worried . He has already killed two of her dogs I know how she is feeling I can feel it from 100km away she has completely shut down into surviving each and every moment as it comes . Again Thankyou . Ps I just want to add you are amazing and Thankyou for your work ❤️ My two big teenage boys and I have got through the other side of the abuse and are now safe … I still live in fear im learning how to self regulate when I dissociate but I don’t think that will ever leave . But that’s ok it’s all got it’s place in my life for a bigger purpose And you have definitely encouraged me to keep at it in any way I can Nga mihi ❤❤❤
Shaneel Lal, Maybe you should stand against the so called conversion of men to women, and women to men with the transgender ideology causing harm to you young queer people. Gender reassignment from a man to a woman is actually sex reassignment, trying to change a persons sex to suit a gender stereotype identification. Maybe you should concentrate on reassigning the gender stereotype, to a gender stereotype that actual reflects the variation that men are. Not trying to make them a woman or female that is not acceptable to most logically thinking New Zealanders.
I know a perfectly normal 2 year old child who went to get his MMR shot. Walked in completely normal. Was carried out screeching, continued screeching for 10 hours, eventually fell asleep. Woke in the morning hitting his head on his bed, walked on his tip toes and did not utter another word for 7 years. Diagnosed with Autism. I don’t care what any human being said. No body under my watch will EVER receive another vaccination. Shame on you for not discussing it. AUTISM IS NOT GENETIC. Cheers.
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Thank you for creating this. It has given me more insight into the spectrum of autism, and how we should not be quick to judge. This has touched me deeply. I appreciate the sharing and stories of each one of the speakers.
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I love how humble all of these people are, and their frank acknowledgements of areas of privilege even when they are working so hard at their respective pursuits! One bit that particularly resonated with me was Deanna's approach of looking at the various things she was interested in, and giving them all a go. As someone who really struggles with choosing _one_ passion, _one_ area of focus, that was really encouraging! Also LOVE all the role models that these people mentioned - just goes to show that it's the ordinary people, the mums and grandmas and supportive partners and friends, whose stories fuel _these_ stories!
I mean I love it it all, but the best part for me was the overnight celebrity. Most people even including myself at one point just wants that quick result and instant satisfaction when it's all about the long game and the outcome and all the drive and work that comes along the way
I reasonated with Deanna from Moustache and her childhood story. We didnt have much growing up either so mum would always bake or cook similar foods like the takeouts and bakery to ensure we didnt miss out x
Woo so glad that it was valuable! We have Part 2 coming out soon too because I just couldn't figure out how to get all that wonderful stuff into one video hehe
I resonate with Shaq and Maia the most, as a mama who has suffered from postnatal depression and found it hard to open up and seek help for my struggle and to just love myself was hard. It is truly amazing to see such a safe platform created not only for everyone but especially for Pacifika and Māori people as it’s usually deemed as a weakness for us. beautiful mahi ❤️
Awesome stuff! I totally resonated with Lauren about how she didn't know what she wanted to be when she was younger, and was jealous of others who knew. It was so hard as a high school student filling out career forms, having no idea what career to choose.
You know I interviewed people who are 50 and who are 16 and that feeling of "not know what you want to do" is so consistent! People just get more used to it and more comfortable with it :)
The part that resonated me with me was in regards to high risk, high reward. People on the outside see your business (which could be a great success) as a reward as such. They see the outcomes and what you’ve made, but they don’t see the pain sweat and tears that lead you there. They don’t see what goes on in the background which is so important. I have been apart of setting up businesses (not that I’ve owned myself) and I have experienced first hand the challenges. It’s funny because these businesses that I was helping set up, they hired us to do the dirty work, the behind the scenes work and we worked so hard for their successes. But they had the money to be able to do that and the risk appetite. I think if you’re doing it yourself, coming from not much, it is a risk and so many hours to put in to succeed. I admire every small business owner who has started from the bottom and is successful now and is using their business to live a happy life. I will always try and source local products from small businesses because of this. You guys are awesome wāhine.
