Neighbourhood - Ōtara (with Joe Naufahu)

I used to be shy of saying where I'm from, but as I succeeded in my degree and done amazing things I started to just be proud of where I come from, like Ōtara. People ask me, "Oh, where are you from?", "I'm from Ōtara!"

– Artist Martin Leung-Wai on being proud of his roots in Ōtara

It helps them concentrate a whole lot more; they're more focused in school as well as here.

– A parent explains how playing in the Sistema Orchestra has helped her child

What it's doing is opening up preconceptions here in Ōtara, and then of course when we go and play outside of Ōtara and people are hearing these kids play just as well as any other kids throughout Auckland or the country for their age, they're just right up there.

– Dr. Joe Harrop on the benefits of Ōtara kids playing in his orchestra

Probably fondest childhood memories is going around to my grandparents' house, Mum's side, Samoan side, in Herne Bay which was, back then the rough area. And having massive to'ona'i or big Sunday feeds. Lots of laughing and joking around with cousins, getting smart to the oldies, and running away....

– Joe Naufahu reminisces about his childhood memories

If you see the back, you can see just how much detail goes into it, you know, that's how you can tell basically, a master. Tīvaevae is about the back, how clean the lines are.

– Cook Island Māori artist Leilani Kake on the art of tīvaevae quilting

We're a rugby mad whānau but there's a world for our kids beyond the Warriors, beyond the All Blacks, there are other things that they can participate in as well, and here's one of them, right in Ōtara.

– A proud Ōtara grandmother on Ōtara kids playing in a classical orchestra