Story: Tokelauans
In the early 2000s about one-third of New Zealand Tokelauans lived in Porirua. The community had its origins in the late 1960s when families moved from inner-city Wellington for better housing, and work in factories. Tokelauans kept their culture alive by practising traditional carving and forming clubs. In the 2000s many Tokelauan men and women played rugby league for the Mafutaga Tupulaga Tokelau Porirua Sharks club.
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Pataka - Porirua Museum of Arts and Cultures
Photograph by Geoff Marshall
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