I think that quite fascinated me and sort of, I guess, became an inspiration of how I could bridge those two experiences, I guess, yeah.

Amelia here.

A lot of my family who moved here from Samoa live in or lived in social housing as well.

And I always found it fascinating, the non-consented structures that they would build or they use the garage as the secondary living space or use it for all of us to stay in for the nights.

and just kind of making do with space and they were very innovative with how they would do that and so we would be there building stuff when my dad I mean he wouldn't like to call himself a hoarder but he would hoard stuff but three years later I'd be like oh we need this thing and then he would be like I've got I've got it it's back under the house over here and he'd always be building stuff and yeah I think having not too much money makes you really creative and you kind of just do with what you have

Amelia Leachie.

I think yeah from our family's migration here and the effort that they put in we have this duty and also just this like moral obligation that we want to do good for our families and make sure that all of their hard work has paid off and what we're able to give back to Samoa to your island or just your family and yeah making sure that we're seen in different ways and that there are tools for future generations to come that they can use and it's just been a crazy experience because I started teaching now and at the architecture school and in my original cohort there were no other brown people and then in the cohort I was in last year there was I think like two other Pasifika people and then one Māori guy and then seeing the year twos who I'm teaching now there's like there must be like 10 and I'm just like yes this is awesome