A New Zealand-born Samoan professional rugby player reflects on what truly shaped him to be the man and father he is today while living on the other side of the world with his young family.
(AO) Ka hokona atu e Tāne ngā tauira moko i waihangatia e Tame, ka kitea e Mana he wahine pūrotu i te karapu, ka kite a Pānia i tōna waimarie nā te hōhonutanga o te hītori i roto o tōna whānau.
(AO) Ka kōrero kai hauora a Tāne rāua ko Tame, ā, i te wā tuku taonga ka tautohe anō a Toa rāua ko Mana. I tūtaki anō a Pānia ki tētahi hoa tawhito mai i te kura ka moemoeā ia koirā tana hoa tāne mō anamata.
(AO) Ka tirohia e Tāne rāua ko Tame ngā pānga o te 1080, e pōuri ana a Toa i te mea nōna te hē i kore ai tana kapa i toa. I te Ika Parai ka hoki atu te hoariri o Tangaroa ki te toa.
(AO) Ka tautohe a Tāne rāua ko Tame, ka whawhai a Toa rāua ko Mana mō te whana turuki mutunga, kua hōhā a Toki ki ngā kōrero whakaiti a Te Keka.
(AO) Ka kite a Tāne rāua ko Tame e rua kē ngā ture i ētahi wā ka tākarohia ana te kēmu ngā Ture me ngā Whānako. Ka tukituki tonu a Toa rāua ko Mana, ka tuku karakia a Tangaroa ki a Pānia.