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Family support the key to quality of life
When Fuamoa Allen fell into a coma after brain surgery twelve years ago, her doctors advised she would not have long to live. Fuamoa’s daughter Trudy Savea refused to accept this prognosis, fighting to keep her mother alive and well cared for within the family home in Takanini.
Home, or nofo‘anga, is where the heart is
Born in the village of Kolofo’ou in Tonga, Samiu Koniseti migrated to live in Aotearoa as a young man in the 1980s. Having worked hard and raised his family, in recent times Samiu has faced some challenges, being diagnosed with cancer while living in transitional housing.