Dave Letele
π€ SpeakerAppearances Over Time
Podcast Appearances
The old man kicks your ass, you know?
You know, it was kind of that sort of thing.
You know, you learn really quickly that if you get caught, you're going to get two kicks up the ass.
But it doesn't make you not, you know, grow as a child and thing.
And then we moved to Auckland when I was about 12, 13.
Mum, there was that whole...
kind of mid to late 80s urbanisation of MΔori moving into the cities.
And that was when we moved to Sandringham first.
Lived in Mount Albert, went to Sandringham Intermediate.
And then mum and the old man broke up.
The old man couldn't handle the city life.
It was tough, because I knew, you know, I knew where I fit, you know, and I came to Auckland and I, it was just, yeah, it was a struggle.