Not much later, as a single mum I followed the examples of those who raised me. Working three jobs and refusing to be stereotyped, I set up my first business at 23 years old. I met the love of my life, Neil Packer, in Whanganui, and together we raised the best kids in the world—Jamie Anne, Hannah Te Aroha, and Pawhare Awarua—and our five beautiful moko upstairs at the moment, Hawaiki Tangaroa, Malua Papa, Waimarino, Hekaiaha, and River, and another due in April. With my two amazing sons-in-law, Brian Manutai and Jordan Leatherby, I am very privileged to live like my koko in a three-generational homestead on tupuna whenua.