New Zealand Woman’s Weekly

GATHERING THEIR TRIBE The magic of Murupara

Singapore, China, the UK, Holland, Australia… Nadine Toe Toe lost count of the countries she visited during 10 years as a jet-setting tourism ambassador.

The then Rotorua-based marketing consultant would fly in and fly out, her every need taken care of. But a trip to Mumbai, India, where she experienced first-hand the grim reality of extreme poverty, stopped Nadine in her tracks.

“We would fly business class, stay in these really fancy hotels and you’d literally be stepping over bodies and people eating out of rubbish

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