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Haurongo: TuiSamoa, Agnes Rosa

Agnes TuiSamoa on giving

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This clip from Albert Wendt’s documentary New streets – Auckland Fa’a-Samoa (1982) highlight’s Agnes TuiSamoa’s criticisms of the expectation on Pacific Island people that they give more than they could afford to their extended family and community.

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Reference: TZP7501 – LOOKOUT – NEW STREETS (1982). Courtesy of Television New Zealand.

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Elizabeth Cox. 'TuiSamoa, Agnes Rosa', Ngā Tāngata Taumata Rau, i tāngia tuatahitia ki 2018. Te Ara - the Encyclopedia of New Zealand, https://teara.govt.nz/mi/node/230917 (accessed 4 June 2026).