“I heard that New Zealand wanted to help poor Cretan girls because of the help we had given them during the war. I didn’t know what New Zealand was…My brother read about it in the newspaper and he told me about the scheme. He knew I was unhappy because I had not been able to progress in school…My mother said apply but you won’t get through and I won’t let you go anyway. When I was accepted my mother would not believe it.” – Adrianna Weston-Solonaki