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Adrian lives with his partner and two friends in an inner Auckland flat. He works for Spark at Commercial Bay and is a skilled Brazilian...
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National Foundation for Deaf and Hard of Hearing
- May 27
- 5 min
Share Your Story: Nathalie
It was the birth of her daughter that prompted Nathalie to finally get her hearing checked out. After having suspicions that something...
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National Foundation for Deaf and Hard of Hearing
- May 18
- 6 min
Share Your Story: Amy
Amy lives with husband Simon and cares for her two young children – Caroline and Melanie-May. She has lived with hearing loss since...
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National Foundation for Deaf and Hard of Hearing
- May 5
- 4 min
Share Your Story: Tara
Tara is a 26-year-old Trainee Primary School Teacher. She lives in Auckland with her partner and their close friends. As a baby Tara was...
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National Foundation for Deaf and Hard of Hearing
- Apr 29
- 7 min
Share Your Story: Monique
Monique Leith is a Consultant Resource & Environmental Planner who runs her own land development consultancy business, Leith Consulting....
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National Foundation for Deaf and Hard of Hearing
- Apr 22
- 5 min
Share Your Story: Naketa
Naketa is a bubbly 23-year-old, passionate about the arts, theatre and surfing. Naketa was also born Deaf and has a cochlear implant on...
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National Foundation for Deaf and Hard of Hearing
- Apr 15
- 6 min
Share your story: Tarryn-Ann
Tarryn-Ann was studying to become a teacher in India when her life changed forever. Out of the blue, she contracted an illness that led...
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National Foundation for Deaf and Hard of Hearing
- Apr 1
- 6 min
Share Your Story: Janet
Janet, a 53-year-old mum of two from Auckland, almost made a very expensive mistake while on holiday in Samoa. “I dived into the swimming...
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National Foundation for Deaf and Hard of Hearing
- Mar 18
- 6 min
Share Your Story: Hope
Hope lives in Upper Hutt with her parents and twin siblings, and has moderately severe hearing loss in her left ear. She also has...
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