Multisports athlete Emily Wilson was 22 when she found out she had type 1 diabetes. Six years later, she reflects on how it changed her life for the better.

When Radio DJ Lee Weir went to a new doctor, who was surprised he’d never had routine blood tests.

After his diabetes diagnosis, former top cop Phil Wright retired early from the New Zealand Police and set off with his wife Jackie on a round-the-world sailing odyssey.

Ruth Jeffery ticked off another physical challenge when she climbed Mt Kilimanjaro, in Tanzania

When Andrew Good received an ASB Good as Gold Award for his work with Diabetes Youth, he was surprised and overwhelmed. For him, volunteering has always been about giving back to a community that he says gave him so much as he was growing up.

I felt the public health system had let me down when Miss Five [daughter Olive] arrived into the world. It all seemed to go horribly wrong.

I thought being diagnosed with type 2 diabetes was the end of my life but I’ve found it’s actually the beginning of a better me.

Dia-preneur Hayley McDonald, 43, from Auckland, set up her own business selling funky medical ID jewellery after her daughter developed type 1 diabetes.

Grant Bason, 57, from the Bay of Plenty, tells his story.