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  Episode - 24 Nooroa and Jojo Manu Click above to listen to this episode. Kia Ora  Welcome to episode twenty four. This is Nooroa and his son Joseph Manu.  Nooroa has five children (four boys and a girl) with his beautiful wife Darnel. Nooroa was born in the Cook Islands and moved here when he was just four years old. He moved to a place in NZ called Tokoroa. He was a natural at running and found his love for sports amongst his mates in Tok. He exceled in rugby and started to make rep. teams and knew he could make something of this sport. He is spiritual as well and served a mission for his church. This is where I got to know him. He was serving in my town in the bottom of NZ. We instantly loved Nooroa as a family. He married the love of his life, Darnel, who he met at Church College of NZ and then played semi professionally in NZ and had his University paid for. Since then he's been studying and coaching sports with the children in mind, especially his own. He created a...

  Episode 23 - Candid Kiwi recap Click above to listen to this episode. Kia Ora Welcome to season two of the Candid Kiwi. I'm excited for another year of amazing stories. In this twenty third episode I talk about 2021 and what it meant to me. I had some amazing goals achieved and wonderful things happen last year. I also had some tough moments and times where I didn't think I could ever move forward with my life. I summarize those times and continue to share my story with you. I hope you've enjoyed listening to season one and will equally enjoy season two. I'm so grateful for my life and for this journey and the things I learn living one day at a time with those whom I love the most. Hope you'll come listen. Until next time....... Ka kite ano au i a koutou