The Outliers

At 19, Eddie Osei-Nketia is the fastest person in Australasia, and is looking to break the New Zealand 100m record. Read more Video

Tamatha Paul is a 22-year-old Wellington City councillor who isn't afraid to speak her mind. Read more Video

Abid Rahman is a Bangladeshi-born rapper living in Wellington. Read more Video

Melissa Lama is a Pacific community advocate and Islam convert. She balances her time between a young family and advocating for her communities. Read more Video

Jess Thompson is a Dunedin-based poet and illustrator who goes by the name Māori Mermaid. Read more Video

Tina the Tongan Tank (Tina Maota’tane) is a Black Fern based in Dunedin who likes to run it straight. Read more Video

Simran Kaur is a Sikh community advocate who take us into the Takanini Sikh Temple. Read more Video

Fable is an alternative hip hop artist from Papakura who likes to be anonymous. Read more Video

The Lighthouse is a dance crew from Ōtara who are a part of the underground Krump movement.  Read more Video

Luke Moss is a clothing designer from Te Kuiti who makes clothes centred around Māori identity. He grew up hating being Māori, but connected with his culture after learning te reo. Read more Video

Talei Bryant is from Waimana in the Bay of Plenty. She is a youth advocate who helps young people chase their dreams through her organisation Find Your Fish. Read more Video

Jessie Smith is the world junior BMX champion based in Cambridge, Waikato.  She aims to become the fastest Māori on a bike, a goal she is not that far from achieving.  Read more Video

Isla Reeves is a Christchurch-based poet and musician who lives with bipolar. Isla balances studying, social work, art, and learning te reo Māori. Read more Video

Valle is a PNG-born, Christchurch-based artist who travels back to his birth country. Meeting his grandmother and family proves to be one of the most pivotal moments in Valle’s life. Read more Video

Josiah Tulamali’i is a Christchurch-based Pacific youth and mental health advocate. He was part of the government enquiry into mental health and addiction in 2018. Read more Video

Rei is a bilingual musician and performing artist who was brought up in Wellington. He is at the forefront of bringing te reo Māori into the mainstream in Aotearoa. Read more Video

Kii Winston Small is a Barbadian youth change-maker who grew in Kaitaia. He went to Victoria University in Wellington, where he was the editor of Salient magazine. Read more Video

Chevron Hassett is a fine artist who was raised in Naenae, Lower Hutt. He has had exhibitions in New Zealand and Australia, but still makes time to teach art to youth in his hometown. Read more Video

Rez Gardi is a Kurdish advocate and Harvard Law graduate. She went to Kurdistan at the start of 2020, investigating ISIS war crimes against Yazidi women in northern Iraq. Read more Video

Nah Zone is a music community in Auckland which was started by Jonique Purcell. Nah Zone includes events and content that covers local brown creative communities in New Zealand. Read more Video

Julie Zhu is an inspiring filmmaker who works with primarily minority communities. In 2019, she made the popular Conversations With My Immigrant Parents for RNZ. Read more Video

Mo Muse is a Somali-born hip hop artist from Auckland who tells his story through his music. He was brought up in Mt Roskill, and fell in love with rapping at university in Otago. Read more Video

Huriana Kopeke - Te Aho is an activist and artist based in Auckland. They are passionate about social justice and making the world a fairer and more equitable place. Read more Video

Hunting Ground is a vintage fashion store in Newmarket run by sisters Sian & Tina Kolose. Hunting Ground brings a brown Polynesian community together. Read more Video

The Outliers is a look at inspirational youth from minority communities who are bucking the trends and standing out from their peers. Read more Video