| Description Summary | Long time Te Atatu Peninsula resident, Paul Vaetoru, talks about his upbringing in the Cook Islands before coming to New Zealand as a Patrol Leader with the 1st Cook Island Boy Scout Troop to attend the New Zealand Jubilee Jamboree for Boy Scouts in January 1959, in Cornwall Park. He recalls how he met his wife and his decision to purchase a plot in Roby Street, which was part of a Neil Housing estate, and raise his family there.
Paul outlines his roles as a player in the Te Atatu Rugby League Football Club first grade team in the 1960s and comments on his involvement in the club’s fundraising activities. Paul speaks of his role as a coach for both Te Atatu Rugby League Club senior and junior sides and talks about overseas tours to the United Kingdom, Australia and Norfolk Island.
Paul discusses his involvement as a player with the Te Atatu Badminton Club and as a lawn bowler with the Te Atatu Lawn Bowls Club for 29 years. The interview ends with Paul’s comments about what makes Te Atatu Peninsula his favourite place. |
