Housing First Ōtautahi
February 6, 2023
World Homeless Day Exhibition
This photo voice project was designed to empower the homeless allowing them to tell their own story while protecting their mental and physical wellbeing. Together with the help of Housing First Ōtautahi and the Christchurch Methodist Mission, people living on the streets were given assistance to photograph their daily lives for an exhibition marking World Homeless Day. Those taking part were also interviewed about their lives and asked to explain why the photos they took mattered. Without the extraordinary generosity of Housing First community workers none of this would have been possible, their work with vulnerable and marginalised people living on the streets is above and beyond.
I was recently asked by Michael Mehaffey from www.thesouthernseries.com to film the 2025 Royal Canterbury A&P show with a focus on sheep and shearing. What a joy, a sheer pleasure if you will! Michael has a passion is to bring New Zealand sheep shearing to a global audience...
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Lifting the kilt on kiwi pipe bands with a unique insight into the passion and dedication of New Zealand pipers and drummers. This Documentary/series follows four New Zealand pipe bands travelling to Scotland to compete against the best of the best at the World Pipe Band Championships in Glasgow. Nine thousand pipers and drummers gather annually for this global battle of the bands, and the kiwis want to make their mark.