Fourteen years ago Chris and Erinna Lane met on the Kowhai Park rocket ship.
And on Tuesday they returned to their "launch pad of love" for the first time with their four sons and a powerful message: stop the abuse.
The family of six, who hail from Te Awamutu, are travelling the length of New Zealand over the course of a year in a big yellow bus to raise awareness about child abuse.
It was an idea Erinna just couldn't seem to shake.
"Imagine if we could get a whole nation of people to link arms across our country making a stand together to value our child," she said to her husband and repeated again.
Erinna said neither she nor Chris had been directly affected by child abuse but they had been exposed to a lot of it and it was painful to see and hear.
"My dad grew up in a violent home and I've always worked with kids so I guess it stems from there," Erinna said.
The pair also took in a foster daughter for nine months who they had to say goodbye to.
Chris said the girl had never been with anyone for more than nine months and was very troubled from abuse.
"We actually got put in the situation where we had to report abuse to the system and that was hard because if we're honest we didn't have a lot of faith in the system ... we don't know where she ended up," Chris said.
Hitting the road in May, the pair, who own a company called Big Kid Films, have been documenting their trip telling the stories of people who have suffered child abuse but also the positive community initiatives to eradicate domestic violence.
Erinna said it was amazing how many people had approached them and shared their stories.
"Some of them haven't told family members but they open up to us because we are strangers and they know our cause.
"We've also had people who have been friends with us for years open up ... it is likely that people right in front of you have suffered but unless an opportunity arises it stays hidden ... and it's a whole variation of people."
Erinna said the campaign has opened up channels for communication and it wasn't about how to fix it but more about focusing on spreading positive influences.
"If people are wondering how they can help, it's really about using their skillset whether that be art, sport or journalism and creating positive influences."
Stop the Bus will be returning to Whanganui in two weeks to film.
"Watch the space Whanganui," Erinna said.
The project is being funded by Stop the Bus Charitable Trust. To make a donation visit https://givealittle.co.nz/cause/stopthebus