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New Zealand's conversation around motherhood and work has suddenly become political again, with paid parental leave now firmly on the election agenda. But beyond the politics, what does making motherhood and work coexist actually look like?
Annah and Sami take the conversation into lived experience, tracing three generations of working motherhood through Vicki, Annah and now Sami. From raising five children in a very different era, to building a company while the children grew up inside it, to Sami navigating River, work and a very different model of parenting today.
They also turn the lens on themselves as employers. Flexibility matters, but in a small business every decision has consequences. What can employers realistically provide, what should government support, and what do working mothers actually need?
Three generations. Very different choices. Plenty they'd do differently. And no perfect answer.
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There is no shortage of opinions about methamphetamine in New Zealand. Another headline. Another police operation. Another devastated family. Another community asking how things got so bad.
But there's one voice that's almost always missing from that conversation: the people who have actually lived it.
In this episode of Stretton Unfiltered, Annah sits down with Ina, who has been part of the RAW whānau for more than ten years. Through the trust built over a decade, Ina agreed to a rare, honest conversation…not to sensationalise meth, and not to seek sympathy, but to help answer a question New Zealand rarely stops to ask: why does it continue to make sense to the people whose lives have become entwined with it?
Ina takes us back to where it started. At nine years old, she spoke up about abuse within her own family. That betrayal shaped everything that followed…the running away, the drinking, and eventually, methamphetamine. 
This isn't a conversation about judgement. It's a conversation about curiosity, and about listening to the people our public conversation so often talks about, but so rarely talks to.
Ina is in recovery, not recovered. She's honest about what that took…a daughter's one request, a chance reconnection, and a decision to keep choosing a different life, every single day.
A conversation about the questions New Zealand keeps asking about meth, and the answers we've been missing because we haven't been listening to the right people.
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At 18, Paul Wood killed his drug dealer and was convicted of murder. He spent more than a decade in prison serving a life sentence, where he chose a path that very few thought possible. While incarcerated, he completed an undergraduate degree, a master's degree and began the work that would eventually lead to a doctorate in organisational psychology.
Today, Paul is one of New Zealand's most respected psychologists, an internationally recognised speaker, and the author of three books, including his latest release, Better Never Stops. His work explores one of life's biggest questions: what does it really take for a person to change, and can we continue to grow throughout our lives?
Annah has known Paul for many years through RAW, where he has worked alongside women in prison, mentored participants and challenged them to believe they are more than the worst decision they have ever made. Having watched his journey unfold over many years, this conversation goes well beyond the prison story.Together they explore the realities of rebuilding a life after prison, the burden of lifelong judgement, fatherhood, curiosity, ageing, and why some people continue to learn, evolve and contribute long after society expects them to slow down.
This is a conversation about redemption, responsibility, lifelong growth, and the extraordinary possibility that our most meaningful contribution may still lie ahead.
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For more than thirty years, human rights lawyer Sonja Cooper has stood beside survivors of abuse in state and psychiatric care, people whose stories were ignored for decades.
In this episode of Stretton Unfiltered, Sonja and Annah explore what happens when the very institutions meant to protect children become the source of lifelong trauma.
Together they discuss the fight for justice, the reality of redress, why so many survivors were never believed, and why breaking the cycle matters far more than simply paying compensation.This is a conversation about courage, accountability and what New Zealand still needs to confront.
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Curiosity doesn't come with an expiry date, but somewhere along the way, a lot of us stop giving ourselves permission to try something new. This is a conversation about staying curious, at any age, and why getting older doesn't mean getting stuck.
In this Stretton Unfiltered short, Annah sit's down with Rose, senior manager of the Wellington Annah Stretton store. Nineteen years into a career spent watching women change their minds about themselves in real time. This conversation is about what happens when we choose curiosity over comfort, at every age and in every part of life.
Rose& Annah share:
Why customers who insist "I don't do that" almost always prove themselves wrong once they actually try
What happened when a group of older women agreed to add colour to their outfits for a photoshoot, and why they left feeling proud
How staying curious about technology, not fearful of it, is helping their generation stay independent instead of relying on someone younger to fix things
Why the changing room is a place where women quietly decide who they still want to be
This is a short, warm conversation about what it costs to stop trying new things, and what it gives back when you do.
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