Janet Broome-Nicholson is a participant of the Teach First NZ program teaching Te Reo Maori, Serene Rountree is a mother of one and Kapiti Photo School student and lives with Gemma Macann who is a leader at Ngatiawa River Monastery, and Liz McGimpsey a breastfeeding mum to two kids under two, hails from Shannon. They call themselves ‘Operation Friends’.