A Syrian refugee family have opened up a Wellington barbershop amid the Covid-19 pandemic - four years after they left their home country for New Zealand.
The Smaism family spoke little English when they first arrived in the country.
Now, the family are running Golden Scissors in Porirua, greeting customers in Māori as they come through the door.
"I'm so happy and my family is all good, and so exciting for opening the salon," hairdresser Sidra Smaism told TVNZ1's Breakfast this morning.
Ms Smaism said the family have received customers from countries around the world.
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She said her father has been cutting hair for 28 years, while she has been studying hairdressing at Whitiria for three years. Her mother has also started cutting hair.
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