Tina | Wiri
“Oh, the thing that I liked was I could go outside, and all of a sudden, I would have so many friends, just because they’re my neighbours.
I wouldn’t have to be shy and just sit there by myself. I’d already have friends, because they would be my mum’s friends, my nana’s friends. So, it was just a friendly community that we had.
I was born in Middlemore. The values that we had were just to respect, and to be open-minded to everyone, to welcome everyone into your house, your life, and just be friendly to them. Just love. Have the loyalty to everyone, all the family members.
No, not quite. Not at all (change anything about childhood). I love it how it is. I guess that when you start off in a very not wealthy family, that you guys start to have that bond of sharing everything, and that’s how you build your bond of family, and that’s how you guys become so strong later in the future, yeah.”
