'I sing in a choir, a lot of choir music is sacred music.'

Catherine Perich is Lead Pastor and Elder at Lincoln Road Bible Chapel, Auckland New Zealand.  She is also a Chaplain to the staff at Rhema Media and a classical music buff.  Having sung in choirs for many years Catherine talks of spine tingling experiences of understanding that classical music has been written to reflect theological truths including the well known Christmas Carol - O Come All Ye Faithful.  

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"I'm very aware of who I am and who made me'.  Katie Rickson is the Author of 30 Things I'd Like You To Know About Bipolar and works as an advocate for folk with bipolar brains in business & faith-based settings.

She talks with Lizzie Oakes of Finding God through her journey with bipolar and encourages us to look at the life of Job and all that he suffered, and how important it is for good friends to hold space for each other through times of suffering.

Business in the Bath

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"I'm guided through the air by God, I'm guided by his presence in those milliseconds.'

Flynn Chisholm is an extreme sport junkie & a committed Christian.  Flynn is a Death Diver, as well as a world class speed climber.  Flynn recently broke the NZ & Oceania Death Dive record when in August 2025 he jumped 40 meters off a cliff in Spain.  Flynn takes her sport seriously always following safety precautions and loves the sense of being in a flow state.   

Saint Irenaeus said, "The Glory of God is man fully alive" and Flynn Chisholm very much embodies this through his pursuit of extreme sports.  

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'God has opened up so many pathways for me through learning Te Reo Maori.'

Amiria Reid, leads communications and student recruitment at Te Wananga Ihorangi, a faith based Maori language school dedicated to the reclamation & revitalization of Te Reo Maori, offering immersive language programs and diplomas.

Amiria shares some of her own Whanau's story of reclaiming the language, something that was taken from her Nan and how for Amiria every single work opportunity has been connected to her Te Reo Maori journey.

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'We are a Sanctuary of the Holy Spirit.'

Bethany Edmonds is a Worship Leader, Nurse & Recording Artist who alongside Madison Hornblow released an EP in 2023 called The Steady Heart.  Bethany is also part of the line up for Festival One 2026.

Deeply reflective, down to earth, creative and practical as both a musician and a nurse Bethany talks about connecting with God in the multifaceted spaces of her life.  

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'It's in the creativity I feel connected to him'. 

Victoria Hanna is an Event Manager with Tearfund NZ and is a creative.  She finds God in her creativity where she makes models, her current project miniature golf courses called "play it where it lays".  Victoria is very much a believer that anyone and everyone can be creative, & that there's no rules around creativity - just have fun.  

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'Forcing a hole in the wall of our lives is never a bad thing. I've never waisted time pursuing God'.

Dwayne Jeffries General Manager of Hope Radio, Sydney, Australia has worked in radio since 1986.  Openly and honestly Dwayne shares of his first marriage ending, & of running away & being challenged by a priest in Ireland to go back and face the things he was running from.  He also talks of the tension of doing things in his own strength yet wanting to connect with God more frequently in the moments of his busy life.    

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‘Even as adults we really struggle in giving and receiving compliments. in New Zealand.’

Nicky Geldard along with her Husband Jay are the Co-Founders of E Tu Tangata whose focus is to tackle Tall Poppy Syndrome in NZ.

Nicky shares of her personal faith and how she finds the bible to be a treasure box.  She also talks of challenging kiwis' beliefs about themselves and teaching people to recognize their own intrinsic sense of self-worth that God has gifted to each one of us.   Whether we believe in God or not.     

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'Through this suffering I've drawn a lot closer to God'. 

Nick Holder is an Editor/Director and has been part of the Rhema Media for 14 years.  Just last year he was admitted to hospital with a life-threatening condition and almost died - 3 times.

With honesty, humility and an accepting nature of his ongoing suffering he talks with Lizzie Oakes of how he has felt seen and comforted by God and the reality that all of us face challenges at some point in our lives.     

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'I find God in my frustration with other people.  I think God speaks to me a lot in my daydreaming I do on my walks.

Tabi Huxford is the Morning Wakeup Producer on Life FM. Deeply reflective and self-aware Tabi shares of finding God in difficult spaces of her life and having the maturity to work through those frustrations in real and honest ways that includes walking, journaling and lying on the grass and looking at the sky.  

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