'We just want to make sure everyone is safe.'

'My job was straightforward: hide in the corn until a group passed me, then step out behind them with my intestines spilling over my belt.'

Work stories from the office of births, deaths and marriages.

'The store made people uncomfortable. My friend from Hawke’s Bay tried to visit once, but left as quickly as he arrived. 'They could smell the poor on me', he said.'

We show some well-known former theatre kids footage of their teenage selves, and ask whether an education in performing arts has been useful.