Daughters of the Pacific

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Title

Daughters of the Pacific

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NZ On Screen

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Description

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

URL

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

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