Three young expats forced home to New Zealand due to Covid-19 struggle with isolation and having to invent new life plans.
"My dad called me with a sort of end-of-the-world narrative and was just like, it's time to get home."
Eva Wyles gave up a job in media in New York to return home to New Zealand. During lockdown, she managed to finish writing a novel and found a new life direction.
Findlay Buchanan abandoned his plans of living and travelling in Europe for self-isolation a tiny bach in Northland. He discovered a new passion and a new career as a poet.
Actor Conan Hayes thought he could reinvent himself in Melbourne but when Covid-19 forced him back home to Dunedin he realised he didn't need to leave home to 'live authentically'.
Produced by Emma Houpt and Isabella Austin. End music created and produced by Isabella Austin and her father, Mark Austin.
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