Who has changed your life? Share on Facebook Gmail Pati | Pōneke After Pati (Sāmoa, Lower Hutt) broke his neck he struggled with his new life as a wheelchair user. An old friend showed up for Pati when he needed it most. When I was at college, at Wainuiomata College,...
Who has changed your life? Share on Facebook Gmail Sharyn | Pōneke Sharyn’s (Ngāti Kahungunu, Wellington) sons have led their whānau into a deeper understanding of their whakapapa Māori. And this has changed her appreciation of her place in Aotearoa. I have...
What has whānau taught you? Share on Facebook Gmail Sitoga | Tāmaki Makaurau Sitoga’s (Samoa, Manurewa) whānau is her community and her village and it is her parents that have taught her to understand the power of putting others first. “The lessons from my...
What has whānau taught you? Share on Facebook Gmail Fete | Tāmaki Makaurau Fete is a survivor of abuse in care and was Senior Pasefika Engagement Advisor on the Royal Commission of Enquiry into State Abuse and Faith-Based Abuse. Reconnecting with his whānau allowed...
What has whānau taught you? Share on Facebook Gmail Emma | Tāmaki Makaurau When Emma had her second child seven years after her first, she needed to build a new community – and she found one at Playcentre. “My parents don’t live in Tāmaki Makaurau so it...
What has whānau taught you? Share on Facebook Gmail Samora | Tāmaki Makaurau Samora has always been elevated by her whānau – whakapapa and chosen – to be the best she can be. “I had two dominant families, both Māori and Samoan, who kind of share that sense of...
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