{"id":1198,"date":"2025-03-24T04:33:28","date_gmt":"2025-03-24T04:33:28","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/booksinhomes.org.nz\/?p=1198"},"modified":"2025-05-19T01:34:43","modified_gmt":"2025-05-19T01:34:43","slug":"a-full-circle-moment-from-a-former-duffy-kid","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/booksinhomes.org.nz\/a-full-circle-moment-from-a-former-duffy-kid\/","title":{"rendered":"A full circle moment (from a former Duffy kid)"},"content":{"rendered":"\t\t<div data-elementor-type=\"wp-post\" data-elementor-id=\"1198\" class=\"elementor elementor-1198\" data-elementor-post-type=\"post\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-22960e0f e-flex e-con-boxed e-con e-parent\" data-id=\"22960e0f\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-e-type=\"container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"e-con-inner\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-4babc3d5 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"4babc3d5\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p><strong>Meet Siana Godinet from Auckland<\/strong>.<\/p>\n<p><!-- \/wp:paragraph --><!-- wp:image --><\/p>\n<figure><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.booksinhomes.org.nz\/Files\/Basim.jpg\" alt=\"\"><\/figure>\n<p><!-- \/wp:image --><!-- wp:paragraph --><\/p>\n<p><strong>What are you doing now?<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><!-- \/wp:paragraph --><!-- wp:paragraph --><\/p>\n<p>I\u2019m an actor with the Duffy Theatre tour.&nbsp;Currently I\u2019m in Christchurch performing as Scruffy (Duffy\u2019s little sister) at Duffy schools with my fellow Unitec-trained actor friends, Toby Swann and Ronnie&nbsp;Mann. In the show, I get driven around and I stay in the back keeping the seats warm.<\/p>\n<p><!-- \/wp:paragraph --><!-- wp:paragraph --><\/p>\n<p><strong>What\u2019s your journey to where you are now? <\/strong><\/p>\n<p><!-- \/wp:paragraph --><!-- wp:paragraph --><\/p>\n<p>I grew up watching the Duffy show when I was younger at my primary school St Mary MacKillop Catholic School in Auckland. In my first year of university, I remember asking myself if acting was something I wanted to continue as I was struggling with the discipline and I let my anxiety get the better of me. I am glad I overcame that challenge and now it\u2019s a year after university and I\u2019m touring and travelling New Zealand for the first time. I know my first year self would be so proud of the journey we\u2019ve overcome especially because this is a full circle moment for me given I went to a Duffy school as a kid.<\/p><p><strong style=\"text-align: var(--text-align); background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0); color: var(--the7-base-color); font-family: ; font-size: ; font-style: ; font-variant-ligatures: ; font-variant-caps: ; letter-spacing: var(--the7-base-letter-spacing); text-decoration-line: ; text-transform: var(--the7-base-text-transform); word-spacing: normal;\">What\u2019s one piece of advice you\u2019d give your younger self?<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><!-- \/wp:paragraph --><!-- wp:paragraph --><\/p>\n<p>Don\u2019t think too much about what you\u2019re going to do tomorrow or what the future is gonna look like; just let life flow and piece itself together<em>.&nbsp;<\/em><\/p>\n<p><!-- \/wp:paragraph --><!-- wp:paragraph --><\/p>\n<p><strong>What\u2019s your favourite book\/book series?<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><!-- \/wp:paragraph --><!-- wp:paragraph --><\/p>\n<p>Growing up, I loved the book \u2018Rainbow Fish\u2019, but now I\u2019m more into poetry. I really enjoy \u2018Milk and Honey\u2019 by Rupi Kaur. It\u2019s mostly a great read for teen girls who might be struggling to understand the world and its challenges.<\/p>\n<p><!-- \/wp:paragraph --><!-- wp:paragraph --><\/p>\n<p><strong>What book do you wish you\u2019d read as a kid?<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><!-- \/wp:paragraph --><!-- wp:paragraph --><\/p>\n<p>I wish I had dove into reading the &#8216;Geronimo Stilton&#8217; series as a kid. My older brother and sister had the collection and I wish I had been into it too.<\/p>\n<p><!-- \/wp:paragraph --><!-- wp:paragraph --><\/p>\n<p><strong>What\u2019s one thing you want every kid to know?<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><!-- \/wp:paragraph --><!-- wp:paragraph --><\/p>\n<p>A kid with a good and pure heart, who tries to be of service to everyone, is the richest kid alive. 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