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Loss, line dancing and learning to find joy again: Jenny’s story
Matawai, Tairāwhiti
Jenny Sandford and her husband Anthony run a sheep and beef farm around forty minutes out of Gisborne, where they live with their three children, Darcy, Ada and Grace. A former police officer, Jenny is actively involved in her local community. She is a member of the Matawai Boot Sisters line-dancing group and regularly teaches line dancing from her woolshed.
Includes discussion of pregnancy loss and grief
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Jenny hosts line dancing classes in their woolshed
Jenny hosts line dancing classes in their woolshed
The working woolshed where Jenny also teaches line dancing
The working woolshed where Jenny also teaches line dancing
Jenny and her husband Ants
Jenny and her husband Ants
The Sandford family visiting Nina and Poppy's graves - left to right - Jenny, Ada, Darcy, Ants and Grace
The Sandford family visiting Nina and Poppy's graves - left to right - Jenny, Ada, Darcy, Ants and Grace
Grace Sandford
Grace Sandford
The woolshed where Jenny teaches line dancing is a working woolshed
The woolshed where Jenny teaches line dancing is a working woolshed
Arpége and the Sandford family outside their home
Arpége and the Sandford family outside their home
Ada Sandford with pet sheep, Jumpsuit Popcorn
Ada Sandford with pet sheep, Jumpsuit Popcorn
Arpége and Jenny
Arpége and Jenny
Ant and Darcy
Ant and Darcy
Grace and Jenny
Grace and Jenny
Darcy and Grace playing while Ada cuddles with Jenny
Darcy and Grace playing while Ada cuddles with Jenny
Jenny teaching line dancing in the woolshed
Jenny teaching line dancing in the woolshed
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