tania roxborogh was born in christchurch. when tania was 3, her alcoholic father left home and she moved to te puke with her mother. in 1972, at the age of 7, her mother met another man, who had 4 sons and a housekeeper who also had 4 children. they all moved in together and moved around northland for the next few years. they finally settled in titoki, west of whangarei where tania and her siblings attended mangakahia area school. however, in 1977, the family once again moved. by 1980, tania had lived in 12 different houses and gone to 7 different schools.