Pasifika real-life stories
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Galumalemana Alfred Hunkin
"My story starts in the place where I was born and that was in Samoa, way back in the 1940s to a family which lived in the village of Fale'ula.
"I have six children. Two of those boys are two of my younger boys are members of the Musical Island Boys quartet, so I have a very musical family."
Erik Ta'afuli and Beethoven Tago are helping each other reach their goals.
"My advice to people that like cars but they’re trying to get into it – don’t give up. The qualification’s more important than anything else. You know, you’ve got to do it."
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Aaron Turley, Greenkeeper and Sportsperson
"My mother's Cook Island, but before I made any of those [rugby] teams I didn't know much about my Cook Island background. I'm pretty in touch with it now."
Teresia Teaiwa, University Lecturer
"I was born in Hawaii and I grew up in Fiji which is where my dad’s from. My mother was from the States so she was not used to the rural environments we were in – the island culture."
Tony Iro, Sport Coach
"Regardless of how hard you’re working or whether your players are improving to a good enough level, you’re still going to be judged on 80 minutes of football every weekend. Realistically, we're in the business of winning."
Lio Hunt, Human Resources Consultant
"Mum and dad came over to New Zealand because they wanted that opportunity for their children that New Zealand could offer. So that's why education would have been really important for them."
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