Real Stories
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Gracie's story
Someone showed Gracie kindness and supported her to ask for help.
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Kylee's story
Kylee is a queer Māori person who was bullied throughout school for expressing himself
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Nat's story
Nat’s whānau and close friends held space for Nat to be themselves when it really mattered.
Schools
Sparklers x Pink Shirt Day
We collaborated with our friends at Sparklers to hear tamariki and kaiako kōrero about what enables them to be the best Upstanders for Pink Shirt Day and beyond.
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Nat: a fierce anti-bullying advocate
By being open and candidly sharing their experiences, Nat hopes to show others how important it is to speak up
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Ihaka Whanarere
Finding identity and joy through Te Ao Māori and Kapa Haka
Workplaces
Spark’s quest to make the internet more gender-inclusive
Battling the binary, one line of code at a time
Schools
Mercury Bay Area School take part in InsideOUT diversity workshop
Students, teachers and InsideOUT worked together to make their school more inclusive
Individuals
Nicola Frater
Nicola Frater is a multi-faceted woman. She is a loving parent to three adult children. She is a person of faith, having spent decades serving her community as an Anglican Priest. And, she is a transgender woman - an identity she is only recently embracing as her own.
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CV Shastry
CV Shastry is an Asian New Zealander and proud Upstander who is doing his part to stop bullying and discrimination against Asian communities.
Workplaces
Tip Top’s Top Tip for Inclusive Workplaces
Iconic Kiwi ice-cream company putting workplace wellbeing at the Tip Top of their list
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Lucy Barge
Upstander Lucy is a published poet, piano teacher, and proud Pink Shirt Day advocate
