Anthony Tina

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627 appearances 1 recordings 1 series first heard May 2026 last heard 23 May

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Unfiltered with Dave Letele · #51 Anthony Tina · 23 May 2026 podcast

And so I grew up there.

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.

Fuck them up.

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.

Come about 11, 12, 13...

I knew there was something not quite right because it wasn't spoken of.

I knew there was something.

I wanted to know who I am.

Why am I different?

Why do I look different?

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.

So I wanted to be white.

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