Tony G identifies as a husband, father of four children, and member of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints. He enjoys gardening, DIY projects, music, cooking traditional Pacific Islander dishes, fishing, and playing basketball. Tony grew up in Manurewa, South Auckland and remains connected to his roots there. He is currently studying to become an Occupational Therapist, with the goal of graduating in a year and a half.

1. My Occupational Identity
Tony G- Occ Sci 2015 (Hamilton)

2. My Family
“BELONG”
Family is forever!
I am a husband and Father to
four awesome kids. I have
been a husband and father for
almost 8 years and I love it. I
enjoy the things I am able to
learn from this experience and
the precious time I have with
my family to make memories.
We love doing things/
spending together.
Personal picture

3. My Faith
“BELONG”
I belong toThe Church of Jesus
Christ of Latter Day Saints! My
values and beliefs are important
to me and make up a big part of
my identity, in that I try to live a
good life.This is a picture of the
NZTemple which I live close to.
http://www.teara.govt.nz/en/ph
otograph/27315/mormon-
temple

4. Gardening (one of my patches in my
neighbours backyard..lol)
“DO”
I enjoy gardening! This is something I
have learnt about growing up, and
since leaving home it is something I
have carried on and have started
teaching my children. It’s a great
time we have together planting and
then harvesting. This year we never
bought tomatoes from the shop
because we had a excellent crop
growing constantly and it was
satisfying and rewarding. We also
grew lettuces, broccoli, spinach,
silverbeet, capsicum, celery,
kamokamo, pumpkin ,bok choy and
herbs.
Personal picture

5. DIY
“DO”
I enjoy getting outside and
doing DIY around the home!
Using tools, building, fixing
things, making things.
Sometimes my kids will come
out and watch me work as
pictured. I was dividing our
shared garage in this picture.
Personal picture

6. Music (DJ’n in centre place)
“BE”
Music is my R&R! I enjoy
listening to music. I find it
therapeutic.
I enjoy DJ-ing and have been
interested in this for over 20
years. I enjoy being able to
entertain people with music. I
enjoy most genres of music
and depends on how I am
feeling at a particular time.
This was recently at ‘platypus’
shoe store opening in centre
place!
(Personal picture, 2015)

7. Cooking (traditional UMU)
“BELONG”
I love to cook! My wife likes it when I
cook as well because she gets to
have a break from the kitchen. I
started cooking from a young age
and I enjoy it to this day, trying out
new recipes and experimenting. I
love doing hangi’s and umu’s. Umu is
a traditional pacific island cooking
method using heated stones to cook
above the ground as opposed to a
hangi which is cooked in the ground.
I enjoy the process in both these
methods in that there is a big social
element to it with the amount time
you can spend. 2hrs prep and 2hrs to
cook, and 20 minutes to eat, similar
to a hangi. Pictured there is 2 pigs
ready for cooking, taro, and
palusami.
(Personal picture, 2014)

8. Fishing! (Outdoors)
“DO”
I love going fishing! Being out on
the water and being able to
catch fish, and the process
involved!This is something I
havent done for a few years now
but I love it when I do get to go
out.This is out on the west coast
of NZ (kawhia), and we caught
about 100 snapper, 150 kahawai
and 60 gurnard between 13
guys, was a good day! I end up
giving most of my catch away,
I’ll keep maybe 3 for my family,
and then give the rest out. I
enjoy the fishing more than the
catch.
Personal picture

9. My Hood (“Rewa”,Manurewa, South
Auckland)
“BELONGING”
I grew up in Manurewa in
South Auckland. I did all my
schooling there. I love my
childhood years there and the
ties, memories I have to my
childhood. A lot has changed
there since my childhood but I
know my ‘roots’, and where I
am from. A few of my
childhood friends are still
there and we stay in touch via
Facebook and a lot of us have
moved on, but we always
refer to ‘rewa’ and the
memories from our childhood.

10. Sports (Basketball & NRL)
“DO”
I enjoy playing basketball on a
social level. I used to play
basketball when I was young
and in school and played rep
for counties manukau. I enjoy
watching/ following sports
nowadays, in particular the
NBA and NRL. My son plays
rugby league so my Saturday
mornings are spent
supporting him which I love.
That’s a picture of a basketball
great, Michael Jordan.
http://tiger.towson.edu/~aah
med12/Jordan.html

11. Occupational Therapy
“BECOME”
Hopefully in a year and a half, I will be an OT
graduate.This is something that I have
enjoyed learning about and cannot wait to
finish. It has its challenges but mostly a good
experience. This involves the occupation of
being a student.
https://www.facebook.com/photo.php?fbid=
996040700421147&set=gm.150515346973421
1&type=1&theater