Episodes

  • Namulau’ulu Tala Cleverly

    Namulau’ulu Tala Cleverly
    May 25 2020
    Tala left Samoa in 1950 and is now 90 years old, having resided in New Zealand for 70 years. She has been a trailblazer in the Pacific community.
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    20 mins
  • Muāgututi’a Seve Poualae Tafililupetiamalie Aliota (Harry) Tauafiafi

    Muāgututi’a Seve Poualae Tafililupetiamalie Aliota (Harry) Tauafiafi
    May 25 2020
    Aliota left Samoa in 1966 to help his family in Samoa. He was ambitious & arrived with a strong work ethic which led him to running his own business, work at a bank & the Wellington City Council.
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    21 mins
  • Vaafusuaga Tupuola Masunu Tuisila

    Vaafusuaga Tupuola Masunu Tuisila
    May 25 2020
    Masunu Tuisila arrived in New Zealand as a youth, making the journey by air with his grandmother & sister via American Samoa & Fiji before arriving in Auckland during Christmas of 1972.
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    20 mins
  • Dr Ali’itasi Su’a Fuimaono Tavila

    Dr Ali’itasi Su’a Fuimaono Tavila
    May 25 2020
    Dr Ali'itasi Su'a Fuimaono Tavila grew up in Samoa but was only 14 years-old when she moved to New Zealand in 1975 after winning a scholarship to attend a New Zealand school.
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    20 mins
  • Fereni Pepe Ete QSM

    Fereni Pepe Ete QSM
    May 25 2020
    Fereni Pepe Ete QSM established the first A'oga Amata at the EFKS church in Newtown in 1985 making a huge contribution to the preschool where the Samoan language was being taught.
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    21 mins
  • Taesega Elisala-Sidler

    Taesega Elisala-Sidler
    May 25 2020
    Taesega never thought about leaving Samoa but in 1958 an aunty asked her to accompany her on the long sea voyage to New Zealand. Taesega didn't have the money, so she borrowed £40 to pay her fare.
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    21 mins