Pearl Timoti discusses her occupational identity through various roles and activities in her life. She learned values from time spent at her marae with family. Her identity was also shaped by playing hockey from age 5 to 16. Being a mother to her son Lincoln is a large part of her identity, as are cooking, outdoor adventures, her work as an occupational therapy student, and socializing with friends.

1. Pearl Timoti
MY OCCUPATIONAL
IDENTITY

2. Growing up I spent a lot of time around the marae with my family, this was generally
at tangi’s and celebrations, but this is where I learnt a lot of my values from

3. This is a photo of me with my hockey team, I participated in hockey from the age of
5 to 16, this had a large impact on creating my occupational identity.

4. Being a mum, is probably the biggest thing that creates my occupational identity as
there are many occupations based around this, this is a photo of me and my son
Lincoln.

5. Cooking/ Baking is an occupation that I engage in and find fulfilment from. This
is a cake I baked for my sister in-laws baby shower

6. This is a photo of me and my son on a boat, we had been swimming and
wakeboarding, outdoor adventures is something I love, this is play

7. I worked and observed on the elder persons orthopaedics ward in the
Waikato hospital for fieldwork placement one. During this placement my
view changed on working with elderly people.
(Google images)

8. Being a occupational therapy student creates my occupational identity and will
help me to achieve becoming an occupational therapist. This is a photo of the
students I worked with after the public participation workshop we did for human
occupation

9. On my second fieldwork I went to Stewart Rehabilitation services, this
service helped people who had suffered from a brain injury, it was the first
time I had dealt with people who had sustained long term brain injuries.
(Google Images)

10. Socializing with friends, as my friends also have an affect on who I am,
this is photo of me and my friends at a birthday.

11. Lastly, reading I engage in this when I can, I love to read. This is my favourite book
The Bronze Horseman and have read it four times.

12. Google. (2013). Google images. Retrieved from
https://www.google.co.nz/search?q=stewart+rehabilitation+services
Google. (2013). Google images. Retrieved from
https://www.google.co.nz/search?q=waikato+hospital
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