This episode of Immigrant Nation features former Holidaymakers guitarist Pati 'Albert' Umaga, part of the first generation of New Zealand-born Samoans. Umaga's parents arrived in Wellington in 1950 as part of Samoa's Great Migration. Encouraged to speak Samoan at home, and English outside the house, Umaga drifted away from his family and culture, before finally coming to the realisation that Fa-a Samoan - The Samoan Way - has much to offer him in how he operates in Kiwi society. Umaga goes on to use his music as a way to reach Samoan youth.
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Television, 1987
A magazine style show with news, profiles and interviews focusing on the Pacific Island communities in New Zealand
Television, 1997 (Full Length)
Sima Urale provides a tongue-in-cheek exploration of Pacific Island stereotypes
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