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User Generated Providing unity and belonging through culture and sports

Posted by Lavinia Uhila

Young Pacific Islanders gather in Melbourne for sport and community

Leaving behind all the people that you love the most, and moving to foreign unfamiliar surroundings was the scariest yet biggest sacrifice, my family and I had made when we decided to move here to Melbourne, Australia 13 months ago. We had very little family here, and had never been to Melbourne, yet our faith and trust in search for a better life provided my husband and I enough of an incentive to make this huge sacrifice.

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User Generated A War Lesson at Ghaobata

Posted by Harold Maesulia

Solomon Islander, Harold Maesulia

I never grew up in Honiara, but at the age of 11 towards the end of my staggering primary years, my father decided to have us moved to Honiara for a reason which I think was a way to forget the sad death of my older sister who died a teenager in 1996.

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User Generated Video of Cyclone Pat in the Cook Islands

Posted by Jeff Vinicombe

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Video of Cyclone Pat in the Cook Islands

Aitutaki, 12th Feb 2010, Mama Kura Pakoti talks about the terror of the night Cyclone Pat hit her house and video of some of the damage to the island of Aitutaki.

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User Generated Aitutaki Cyclone Pat devastation

Posted by Jeff Vinicombe

Mama and her house

Aitutaki, 12th Feb 2010, Mama Kura Pakoti sits in front of what’s left of her house after Cyclone Pat hit Aitutaki.

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User Generated Aitutaki Cyclone Pat destruction

Posted by Jeff Vinicombe

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Aitutaki, 11th Feb 2010, the remains of a house which was hit by Cyclone Pat.

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