Home Is Where You Make It: John Ruddock’s Journey Back To AotearoaJohn Ruddock (Ngāpuhi) always believed he was a New Zealand citizen by birth. John was raised mostly in Hawaii, later had children of his own, and always planned to bring them home to Aotearoa one day. Home is where you make it - John Ruddock’s journey back to Aotearoa (Photo/Supplied)When the relationship he was in came to an end, John brought his children home to New Zealand himself. Advertisement - scroll to continue readingWhat followed was months of hardship, and without citizenship, John’s children couldn’t enrol in school. Jess worked through what John and his children actually needed, week by week, and kept turning up until it was sorted.