Rose Heta-Minhinnick & Arohanui Minhinnick: From recovery to empowering the next generation

Rose Heta-Minhinnick and her daughter Arohanui Minhinnik run Te Waa Charitable Trust, helping young people and their families in Waiuku, southwest of Auckland.

Rose is 12 years in recovery from alcohol and gambling addiction. She knows the progression - the buildup of disappointment, the rock bottom, the fear of losing her children. That fear was enough. Now she advocates for law change in New Zealand's gambling industry.

Arohanui facilitates health and wellbeing programs for rangatahi, creating spaces where young people can speak up without judgment.

Together, Rose and Arohanui are goal smashers who believe in hand-ups, not handouts.

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