Belonging

Episode 2 #PassTheMic: Mental health, belonging & sports

Episode 2 #PassTheMic: Mental health, belonging & sports

Ola Shahin is a Palestinian-Kiwi engineer and a community football coach at Manukau United Football Club with an inspiring journey. She has spoken openly about her journey with depression and anxiety, giving voice to so many people who live with mental illness. Ola's lived experiences bring a rare, stark grittiness and transparency to the meaning of belonging, of being a New Zealander. You are in for such a beautiful storytelling experience about mental health, a sense of belonging, football life and cake!

Content warning: This article covers the topic of suicide.

Episode 13 #PassTheMic: Culture, faith, food and belonging in the world of sports

Episode 13 #PassTheMic: Culture, faith, food and belonging in the world of sports

Ajaz is a New Zealand cricketer, who plays for none other than Black Caps, representing New Zealand international, for all your cricket fans out there. We will be discussing questions of culture, faith, belonging, and interestingly food and how all of it plays into the field of sports.

Episode 1 #PassTheMic: Climate Justice & finding yourself as a migrant

Episode 1 #PassTheMic: Climate Justice & finding yourself as a migrant

Pok Wei Heng is a climate change consultant by day, working on regenerative cities centred on learning from indigenous wisdom, and a climate justice advocate by night. Pok recently moved to New Zealand from Singapore and is passionate about decolonisation, exploring Asian identity, connecting climate justice with diversity, equity and inclusion work. In this episode we discuss the pros and cons of collectivism, migrant relationships with Te Tiriti and Māori, allyship, finding your place as a recent migrant and climate change.