Neighbourhood - Balmoral (with Tuki Laumea)

Balmoral's home to about 5,500 locals, a third of whom were actually born overseas, like my Samoan dad. Being a mixture of different worlds is a huge part of who I am, which is why I guess I still have a real connection to Balmoral because this place truly is a mixture of different worlds...

– Presenter Tuki Laumea introduces "his old stomping ground", Balmoral

I’m a pastor, a minister of All Nations Church of the Nazarene. We have at least 20 different nationalities that come together to get inspired, and so we believe that God is a God of diversity.

– Balmoral pastor Vipul Kharat on his diverse congregation, early in this episode

I’m a singer and a songwriter. I accompany myself with a banjo/ukelele most of the time. In the last sort of 10 years, my music has been described as bluesy calypso-swing.

– Balmoral-based musician Cousin Alice describes her musical style

Good tea — it's not just where it comes from, but you need to enjoy it. You need to know how to make it, and you need to know how to appreciate it. And because there's so many different teas — there's over 1000 different types of Chinese tea...it's sort of like a journey to get to know them all.

– Dixon He from Tekkoon Tea Shop

It took my a long time to actually be proud of my cultural mix. I felt quite different from all of my white friends and it was something that I was a little bit embarrassed about sometimes, until I was actually old enough to realise that it was something to really embrace and to love.

– Presenter Tuki Laumea on growing up Samoan and Pākēhā

He mau kamuputu awau, heoi he ngākau māhaki. He mau tarau kōhaohao, heoi he manawa popore, kei pōhēhē ki tāu e kite ai. / I might wear gumboots but am of stout heart. My pants have holes, and I'm worried you may be mistaken because of what you see.

– Lyrics from the waiata