Fa'amoana John Luafutu | |
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| Born | Fa'amoana Luafutu 1952 Samoa - Falealili, Poutasi |
| Nationality | Samoan |
| Occupation(s) | Playwright, Author, Actor, Musician, Artist Community Leader |
| Known for | Author, Playwright, Musician, Artist, Actor, Senior King Cobra Member, Indigenous Activism |
| Notable work | A Boy Called Broke: My Story So Far (1989)
The White Guitar (2015) A Boy Called Piano: The Story of Fa'amoana John Luafutu (2022) |
| Spouse | Caroline Luafutu |
| Children | 3 |
| Family | Luafutu Aiga |
Fa'amoana John Luafutu edit
Early Life edit
Samoa edit
Migrating to New Zealand edit
Settling into Ponsonby edit
State Care edit
Settling Back into Ponsonby edit
Biography edit
Repercussions of State Care / impacts of Abuse edit
Losa Luafutu & Sibilings / Moving to Christchurch edit
1993 Pacific Underground Recognised as a contributor
Brother to Losa Luafutu who is a founding member
Fa'amoana's sister, Losa Luafutu is a founding member of the prestigious Pacific Underground which was formed in Christchurch in the 1990s. It was established when their family moved from Auckland to Christchurch in the 1990s and Losa, as well as Fa'amoana's wife Caroline Luafutu, saw the need to support the Pacific youth in the area and so opened a youth centre with computers for the kids in their community. This initivative created Pacific Underground, The Woman's Group and The Mens Support Group. Fa'amoana honoured his sister and her work at his hearing with the Royal Commission as she also went through the New Zealand State Care system in the Girls Homes
King Cobras edit
Prison edit
Recovery / A Boy Called Broke edit
Theatre / Creative Arts / Music / A Boy Called Piano (Theatre Show, Radio Play, Documentary) edit
Awards & Honours edit
Work Catalogue edit
| Year | Genre | Subjects | Crew | Production Company | Festivals |
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| 2022 | Documentary |
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The Conch |
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| Year | Genre | Title | Cast | Crew | Production Company |
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| 2015 | Theatre Show | The White Guitar | Fa'amoana John Luafutu | The Conch | |
| 2021 | Radio Play | A Boy Called Piano | Fa'amoana John Luafutu | The Conch | |
| 2022 | Theatre Show | A Boy Called Piano | Fa'amoana John Luafutu | The Conch |
| Year | Form | Genre | Title | Role |
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| 2017 | Live Action Anime Adaptation | Science-Fiction Action | Ghost in a Shell | Bar Keep |
| Year | Genre | Name | Instrument | Members |
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| Le'uva |
| Year | Form | Genre | Publisher |
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| 1989 | Novel | Autobiography | University of Canterbury: Macmillan Brown Centre for Pacific Studies[1] |
| Year | Name | Status | History |
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| 1964 | The Niggs | Leader | A gang formed by Fa'amoana and his friends when they were 13/14 after they were called a N-word slur by a group of skinheads in Ponsonby, Auckland |
| Late 1960s - Early 1970s | Black Panther - Polynesian Panthers Movement | Member | After getting into a fight with a rival gang at the time Fa'amoana and the gangs were guided by older members of the King Cobras to not fight each other. They instated the gangs of Ponsonby would come under one name, Black Panthers, which would turn into the Polynesian Panthers soon after and become an influential political Pasifika Rights movement which Fa'amoana and his sister Losa Luafutu were apart of in the early days |
| Mid 1970s - Present Day | King Cobras | Senior / Elder Member | The King Cobras are a prominent Pacific gang, it is one of New Zealand's oldest gangs. Formed by Pacific men in the 1950s who had been through similar traumatic experiences and abuse as Fa'amoana at the hands of the New Zealand government. It was created with the intention of creating a reliable community for a people who had their community stripped from them by the New Zealand Government. Fa'amoana has been a member since the 1970s and is now a Senior Member of the King Cobras. |
References edit
- ^ Luafutu, Fa'amoana John (1994). A boy called broke: my story, so far--. Christchurch, N.Z: Macmillan Brown Centre for Pacific Studies, University of Canterbury.