To Live in the City - 24 Years On

At the age of 17 I'd never been on a boat, I'd never been in a lift ... I'd never been on an escalator! It was very strange: it opened up a new world.

– Philip on arriving in the city

Wherever they are now - Australia, Guam, New Zealand - there's one question that concerns all four: where do I belong?

– Narrator Ian Johnstone

The first time ever I wore a pair of high heels, and Mum has lent me the high heels so that I could look the part of a person going to town.

– Grace, looking at an old photo of herself leaving Kaikohe