“After the Tampa - from Afghanistan to New Zealand” is book with a heart-rending story of Kiwi Abbas Nazari who escaped the Taliban in Afghanistan as a child, was a adrift at sea on a sinking boat, was rescued from certain death by a cargo ship the Tampa, was caught up in an international news story after Australia refused them entry, who found home in Aotearoa and who grew up to become a Fulbright scholar, highlighting the plight and potential of refugees everywhere.

Abbas shares his story with Ete and reflects on how his family were welcomed into the community and the similarities in the Afghan culture and way of life compared to Pasifika communities.

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