My father hailed from paternal villages of Falefa Falevao in Upolu Samoa. His maternal side from the villages Matautu and Sapunaoa Falealili in Samoa. My mother was born to her maternal family aiga from Saasaai Savaii Samoa and her paternal father Salani in Apia Samoa. My father came out first, not long after his younger brother, Uncle Toetu Nu'uali'itia, joined him as they found lodgings in a boarding house in Parnell. They both found employment quickly—pulp and paper mill in Tokoroa. But life here was so different: cold winters, missing Samoa, missing their culture, missing their language. And without choice, they each adapted to the Pālagi way of life. Soon after, my father met my mother, beginning their own family. 