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    Samoan pride

    Feb 20, 2019 3 minutes
    AS TOLD TO - FRANCES MORTON

    This red t-shirt (01) is my kids’ music label — Dunamis. They were number 16 on the New Zealand music charts a few weeks ago, and they’ve opened for Ardijah. ‘Dunamis’ is a word from the Bible and means resilience. My older brother runs the Dunamis label. It’s R&B, reggae, hip-hop, based in West Auckland, Avon-dale. That’s where I was brought up.

    I was born in Samoa and we came to New Zealand in 1976. Dad was

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