Episodes

  • Grandmother Jo's Story

    Grandmother Jo's Story
    Jun 13 2017
    In the first episode, we meet Jo Whiu, a grandmother to seven young mokopuna. Daughter Lisa is a recovering P addict and has recently moved back home.
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    22 mins
  • Solo Dad Warren's Story

    Solo Dad Warren's Story
    Jun 21 2017
    Lynda Chanwai-Earle meets one of the minorities, Pakeha solo dad Warren. He tackles - with humour - co-parenting through two separations, a child with depression, alcohol and more.
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    24 mins
  • Solo Parent Tamsyn's Story

    Solo Parent Tamsyn's Story
    Jun 28 2017
    Lynda Chanwai-Earle meets single-working parent Tamsyn Matchett who knows a thing or two about being discriminated against, especially overcoming the stigma around being a "brown, solo-mum".
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    25 mins
  • A Cop and a Solo Dad, Henare's Story

    A Cop and a Solo Dad, Henare's Story
    Jul 5 2017
    Lynda Chanwai-Earle meets a Wellington police constable who has been a solo dad full-time since his son was five.
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    25 mins
  • Imogen's Story

    Imogen's Story
    Jul 12 2017
    Sleep deprivation will make you desperate. In episode five of Flying Solo, Lynda Chanwai-Earle meets a solo-parent who's in the majority - 33 year old Pakeha mother Imogen and her 4-year-old son Manea.
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    26 mins
  • Teen Mum Rhiarne's Story

    Teen Mum Rhiarne's Story
    Jul 19 2017
    Pregnant at 13. In the final episode of Flying Solo we meet junior squash champ Rhiarne, her toddler Braydon and the extended whanau embracing their teenage solo-mum.
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    25 mins