On hearing of the upcoming Government apology, my father's brother Malaesa told his story: "The raids and the targeting didn't just happen in our homes. They happened in our workplaces and our schools." My uncle was on the morning shift at the Moore Taylor shoe factory. One early Tuesday morning, police and immigration officers undertook checks at his job. My uncle was arrested while other members of my family looked on helplessly. He was taken to court, held in a boarding home for two nights on Symonds Street, then taken to the Ōtāhuhu Police Station where he was held for a further two nights. On the Saturday, he was taken to the airport where my mother and father met him and had a few moments to say goodbye. He was deported back to Samoa.