Attitude

Joe Smith used to disregard his Cerebral Palsy. But since embracing his disability, para athletics has become his life. Now, Joe is off to race at the World Para Athletic Champs in Paris.

Ted Normanton and Neil Wolfe are great mates who both happen to have frontal lobe dementia. Despite the condition, they provide an insight into how to live joyful, meaningful lives with dementia.

Janice Lee founded Koha Kai to give people with disabilities cooking skills and paid work. We follow Koha Kai staff members Corrina and Dylan as they work towards living more independent lives.

Lili-Fox Mason and Gaby Smith are two up-and-coming teenage talents in the New Zealand Para Swimming Team. They are great friends and training buddies, but fierce competitors once they hit the water.

John Landreth was an actor before he had an accident six years ago which left him a tetraplegic. Now he is returning to the screen in the new disability comedy/drama series ‘Spinal Destination'.

Michael Whittaker is legally blind from the condition Retinitis Pigmentosa. He is also a top international model, he's studying for a PhD in English and is now making a name as a top blind runner.

Ehlers-Danlos Syndrome (EDS) affects around 1 in 4,000 people but is often undiagnosed or misdiagnosed. We meet two girls dealing with the hypermobility variant of this conductive tissue disorder .

Pip & Jules Cook selflessly raised disabled foster child Ryan, as well as their four kids. Now the Cooks have helped establish a centre to give children with disabilities developmental therapy.

Nick Blincoe sustained a brachial plexus injury playing rugby causing left arm paralysis. But Nick discovered a passion for cycling which has seen him represent NZ as a para cyclist internationally.

Renzo Peterson is a chatty, energetic 8 year old who has been blind since birth. Renzo is going to a special Blind and Low Vision school for a year to learn new skills for navigating blindness.

Josh Chisholm is a para shot putter on the rise. He was born with achondroplasia (dwarfism). Josh is aiming to qualify for the Oceania Athletics Champs while also training to be a teacher.

Mads Harrop is a talented guitarist and songwriter who grew up with autism, anxiety, and ADHD. Then aged 19 Mads developed Tourettes, which threatened to derail her plans to be a musician.

At 14 Rob Gillan's life changed after an accident left him a paraplegic. Now a world-ranked para darts player and founder of NZ Para Darts he's leading the charge for inclusivity in the sport.

Jordan Ikitule's five-year-old son Storm is at the high needs end of the autism spectrum. Frustrated by the lack of understanding of autism he started the ASD Dads (Autistic Spectrum Disorder) group.

Molly Dennis and Gabes Salmon are 22-year-old besties who met at Unitec. Now the pair, who both have Down syndrome, are taking on the challenge of moving into a flat together in inner-city Auckland.

Inspired by watching the 2012 London Paralympics, Will Stedman started competing in para athletics. He has won four Paralympic medals, and is training to hopefully win his first gold in Paris 2024.

Jennie Jackson specialises in teaching adaptive yoga to people with disabilities. She draws on her own life, living with pain and immobility caused by Bilateral Talipes Equinovarus (clubfoot).

Paralympic javelin champion Holly Robinson and her coach Raylene Bates have a close and successful relationship . Now, Raylene is training Holly to compete in shot put as well as javelin at Paris 2024

Clara Aperahama-Kopa found that there was no early childhood centre in Kaikohe that would take her son, Manga Tangaroa, who has a brain condition. So Clara and her husband Manga decided to build one.

Grace Covey and her kids, Ruby (7) and Charlie (4), are deaf. While they all have cochlear implants, Grace is a passionate advocate for sign language as a unique communication for the deaf community.

Jesse Reynolds is a tough, determined, and fiercely competitive Paralympic swimmer from Hamilton. We follow Jesse over a year of highs and lows in the build up to the Paralympic Games in Paris 2024.

Raylene Bates, para athletics supercoach and Chef de Mission of the NZ Paralympic team gives a personal introduction to some of the squad members selected to compete at the Paris 2024 Paralympics.

Connor Walters is a sporty 8-year-old with achondroplasia (a type of dwarfism). After surgery to straighten his spine, Connor has a new lease on life and is competing in his first Halberg Games.

Down syndrome hasn't stopped Maui Oliver from achieving his Taekwondo dream. He is a two time dan (black belt) at Koryo Dojo in Hastings. Now Maui and the team are off to compete on the Gold Coast.

Charlotte Nightingale founded the Glass Ceiling Arts Collective to give young disabled and able-bodied performers greater access to the arts through inclusive performance and musical theatre classes.