Sporting icon and now big screen film star, five-time Olympian Dame Valerie Adams is back on the podium, this time in a documentary about her life.
Her worldbeating career kicked off at her Mangere East School, where her very first throwing shoe is now a much sought-after sports trophy.
"Cinderella's slipper," she laughs. "Not quite.
"Don't know why I'm holding it like a baby... it feels that way. May I say my feet haven't grown at all - they are pretty much the same size."
At size 14, they're big shoes to fill and an inspiration to kids everywhere. This proud Tongan/Kiwi is one of the world’s most-celebrated athletes and now, as we've never seen her, starring in a film of her life called More Than Gold.
The filmmakers follow Dame Val as she trains for her final Olympics. She's 36, with two children and two major surgeries - her journey is one of phenomenal courageous strength and drive, and above all, sacrifice.
Telling her story was perhaps one of her biggest challenges yet.
At 1.90m (6ft 3in) and 12 years of age, growing up and standing out, school was NOT easy.
"It wasnt easy going to school," Adams tells Newshub. "I did NOT like it that much.
"Sporting memories are always fun, but anything else outside of that wasn't so great. I didn't like the classroom, it just wasnt my strongest point.
"I'm sorry to all my teachers that I was absolutely such a little shit in your class - I hated maths."
She wasn't alone, bestie Erica hated maths too, but the one thing they both loved - and still do - was each other.
"We walked like this, always our heads down, so shy," she said. "I was teased because I was white.
"I got called Casper and Ginger, and you were Sky Tower."
"Giant," recalls Adams.
On Wednesday, under the real Sky Tower at Skycity, Dame Valerie Adams left the sports field for the red carpet and the world premiere of her film.
More than Gold opens across the country next week.
