At an amazing drop in centre in South Auckland, an unlikely love story shows how people’s lives can be transformed by the power of a community that cares.

A trip to Whangārei provides an unexpected challenge to Six when she meets Carmen who used to live in a park.

Jacques is a 17 year-old trans male who found himself couch surfing after life at home became intolerable.

When living on the street Wiremu weighed a massive 280kgs, was an addict, and about to die. All that changed when he met Linda.

There are hundreds of young people who are couch surfing or crashing at friends who don’t even realise they are homeless.

Sammy was a sex worker when she lived on the streets. Six and Sammy reminisce about the times they spent together living on the streets as they revisit their old haunts.

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.