She loves being able to walk everywhere. Her long-term partner, Oscar Laven, is a full-time musician in Wellington.
Ms King-Wall was brought up in Katikati by "hippie-ish" parents, both teachers. Her hyphenated surname is both their surnames.
Her older brother Ty was "supersmart" and her parents decided to home school their children. Each of their three had special interests, and their school work could be scheduled around them.
Ty King-Wall is now the principal dancer with The Australian Ballet. As a teenager, Seth King-Wall competed for New Zealand in trampolining. Middle child Riah loved classical music and art.
She finished school at 16 and worked in a design and print shop, meanwhile finishing diplomas in piano and clarinet and doing a night class in sign language.
For the past two years, while studying for a masters degree at Victoria University, she worked in the university's disability support service. Being the reader/writer for students sitting exams was one of her jobs.
The university service was also used by Parliament, and when it was sitting she got to watch proceedings on a screen as they happened and type the words into a laptop, for a deaf MP in the debating chamber.
Her job title there was electronic live transcriber.
She has carried her experience with disabled people over into her new job. Her dissertation is about how museums and galleries cater for people with disabilities - including learning and sensory disabilities.
She said museums tended to be visual places.
"Later this month we're running a little pilot programme on 'touch tours' for people with vision impairment."