Latifa lovers hearing stories from her grandfather Mahmood, particularly about her great, great grandfather who moved to the Waikato in 1908 and helped build the first mosque in New Zealand.
Engin and his wife Ayla are from the former Yugoslavia and moved to New Zealand after growing up in Turkey. With their two boys they love camping and hiking all around New Zealand.
Shaymaa, who has both Syrian and Iraqi family, believes that all cultures have a connection to each other. She loves learning and is currently teaching herself Te Reo Maori and Japanese.
Dewi loves cooking, particularly Indonesian food she learned from her mother, as she loves seeing the joy it brings to her family and others. Dewi's dream is to one day own her own restaurant.
Tima was only 10 when she moved form Iraq but her love of the water has never left her. For Tima, mothing feels as good as a New Zealand summer with family at the beach.