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Daughters of the Pacific

Daughters of the Pacific
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Daughters of the Pacific
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NZ On Screen
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This 2005 documentary tells the story of four New Zealand-born women whose parents come from villages in Samoa, Tonga and Niue. Social worker and photographer Emily Mafile'o, students and mothers Pule Puletaua and Lanni Liuvaie, and playwright Louise Tu’u face the challenges of combining two cultures to forge an identity in Aotearoa — from family, language, food and religion, to flatting and hair cutting rituals. As narrator Sandra Kailali says, "to be true to both is hard work: success in on...

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Video
Date created
2005
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http://www.nzonscreen.com/title/daughters-of-the-pacific-2005
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