This conversation brings together three members of a student co-design team “Action the Compassion”: Eric Antony, Teresa Steiner, and Ewan Mander. The Action the Compassion student huis are something like a sibling to these Christchurch Invitation podcasts: they developed out of the same place of origin. 

Their focus is on students from across Christchurch and Canterbury coming together from their different schools and backgrounds to frame and explore conversations about the issues that impact on them.

The first explored the theme of tūrangawaewae – the Māori concept of "a place to stand." Other themes have included resilience, identity, and belonging. The intention is to meet, to talk, to listen. School uniforms are discouraged but the team here today admit that (whether this is some sort of Christchurch thing or not) the questions often drift around to "What school do you go to?" A question that plays into preconceptions.

Today we start the conversation with the issue of pressure.