Martinique & André

Martinique & André Relatable millennials & washed-up reality TV contestants ~ lifestyle, home, DIY, cooking, parenting & gardening.

Happy Father’s Day ifyoudontno First 6 photos with Walter and next 6 with Arthur ~ two very different experiences of bec...
06/09/2026

Happy Father’s Day ifyoudontno

First 6 photos with Walter and next 6 with Arthur ~ two very different experiences of becoming a dada.

We love you ♥️

Āku tama ❤️Trophies up beside Grandad Wal ~ he would have been so proud 🥹
03/09/2026

Āku tama ❤️
Trophies up beside Grandad Wal ~ he would have been so proud 🥹

01/09/2026

Glad it’s useful for something ✌🏽

Daffodil Day 🌼 I decided that this would be the year that I start to explain to my boys why this day is hard for so many...
28/08/2026

Daffodil Day 🌼

I decided that this would be the year that I start to explain to my boys why this day is hard for so many people.

I’ve spoken about it a wee bit, but my mum died of cancer when I was 10 years old. It was aggressive oesophageal cancer and it and took her down quickly. She was 36 years old and weighed 36kgs when she died.

When I was a teenager Daffodil Day use to really rock me, I’d have a huge lump in my throat and burst into tears when I would put my $2 in the tin and take a flower.

Even though it was hard, I think I appreciated there being a day where I could do this and people who had been through similar experiences could empathise with me. I could say her name and bring her back into the living, just briefly.

Thinking today of everyone who has lost someone they love, and for those who are fighting hard against the beast ~ I hope you are getting the support you need, and that all these flowers help brighten your day.

Cancer Society New Zealand | support, research & advocacy

Kinda chic 🤍
22/08/2026

Kinda chic 🤍

Don’t rein me in 🌼
30/07/2026

Don’t rein me in 🌼

Rā whānau tōku hoa! This is .nz ~ André’s closest friend from high school (Avondale College). Paul is one of these guys ...
18/05/2026

Rā whānau tōku hoa!

This is .nz ~ André’s closest friend from high school (Avondale College). Paul is one of these guys that drops things to come (with his wife ), when you need him. He’s funny and kind and has the most incredibly positive outlook on life and people.

He’s aspirational ~ trying stand up comedy, learning to dance, taking a year off mahi to go to Takiura and his mahi has always been about protecting the environment and our native taonga in Aotearoa ~ plus he’s got the metabolism of a 12 year old.

To know Paul is to love Paul, and we’re all so bloody lucky to have you.

Happy birthday e hoa, we love you ❤️

18/05/2026

Part Two ✌🏽

I knew André wouldn’t give a big reaction, and that’s not what this was about. The quiet way he let the kids wrap him in Te Awhina’s embrace was everything.

The journey of learning te reo Māori is a long and challenging one. For André this represents a part of his whānau history that’s difficult to talk about. There is shame and hurt, but he pushes forward.

We have a long way to go from whakamā to whakamana ~ but we’ve come too far to not go further.

Kua tawhiti kē tō haerenga mai, kia kore e haere tonu. He tino nui rawa o ōu mahi, kia kore e mahi nui tonu.

Ngā mihi nui to the korowai’s creator Waratah Taogaga 💙🖤💙

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