K Road Chronicles Season 1 Episode 1: Six the Journalist
Six is an overqualified, underemployed, transgender journalist with unique insight into one of New Zealand’s most pressing social problems; homelessness.
Six is an overqualified, underemployed, transgender journalist with unique insight into one of New Zealand’s most pressing social problems; homelessness.
Mickey, a former drug dealer and addict, is now in his 60s. He prefers to be called Mickey the Rat, and, until recently, he lived in a cemetery.
Nicola is an Outreach worker at Auckland City Mission, an organisation which helps Aucklanders in desperate need.
Gloria has been homeless since she got out of jail seven months ago. Now, unable to find a job or housing, she lives in a park and sells sex to survive.
Homeless people’s brushes with the law often land them in jail. But is there a more humane way to deal with the problem? Judge Tony FitzGerald thinks so.
Keith is a synthetic cannabis addict. He’s been on and off the streets for 14 years. We follow his struggle to find a habitable place to stay.
Can you be homeless and care for a pet? To find out, Six follows Ben, a young man who has a dog called Buddy.
Just when all seems to be going well, Six is burgled. This puts the production of the K’ Road Chronicle at risk.