Anthony Tina
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And as it turned out, Mum was, she was given a choice.
She said, look, do something with your life.
You know, back in those days in the 70s, particularly with the Samoan background, she had caused a lot of shame.
And so she said, as long as Anthony knows that I'm still his mother, I will do my best to, you know, I just, that's the deal.
So you raise him because I'm too young.
She got a job a year later, 16, 17, I think 18, moved out and then went to Australia.
And I grew up with my grandparents who are actually my parents.
I knew there was something not quite right because it wasn't spoken of.
I knew there was something.
I went to Limor School in Rotorua and it was very Pakeha.
And I wasn't really, growing up in the 80s,
You know, everything was white.
Karate Kid, the Goonies, everything, pop culture was white.