I was born to a young Samoan couple, reverend Ofisa Nu'uali'itia and Litia Nu'uali'itia. My father was a graduate of Malua Theological College in Samoa. My mother was a registered nurse also from Samoa. Arriving to New Zealand at the instruction of their parents in their homeland, they joined the call of the largest wave of Pasifika migrants, because New Zealand employers needed migrant workers in the early 1950s. The Pacific nations were the closest international neighbours who beckoned to the call. Technically, the Samoans and the Tongans who stepped forward at that time needed approval to live and work in New Zealand. But the then New Zealand Government quickly approved new migrants from the Pacific to fill those positions advertised. It seemed difficult to attract the local domestic workforce. Two of those Pacific migrants were my parents.