Tigi: The guiding voice.

Our family must all come together for Ex Factory – we are woven like the fala.

 

Today is the day I give myself over to them. They must understand the ways – the old ways.

Only the strong will survive.

I’m the master of my songs. They are the doors to the past to connect us together and bring our voices as one. Our song is our vaka, our gafa that will bind this family. I can still hear my great Grandmother singing these songs to me as a child in Samoa.

Our roots are now firmly on the ground of Aotearoa but our old ways cannot be broken or else our ancestors will bury their heads in shame.

Tonight I rose from the factory floor with a song that hit my family in their hearts – I could see it moved them.

I called on my Forefathers to guide me on this horizon.

My grandchildren, I am the way to your history - open up your mind and let this knowledge in.

We will win Ex Factory, I know it in my heart.

Tigi

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