That band, the Taulanga U Brass Band, still plays every Sunday at the Wesleyan church in Wellington. John-Paul Foliaki stars in Red, White and Brass. and we went to Tawa Boys’ Brigade and got our first batch of instruments and did some fundraising and got some real instruments.”
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he was studying at Victoria University, and he taught us how to play the instruments, and taught us an 8 minute set. “We had no instruments, no band and really no idea of what we were doing. So I don’t think many of the people at our church really thought about buying tickets (if you know Tongans we’ve got big families) - and we managed to hustle gig. “All of us in Wellington were pretty eager to go, and the tickets were kind of expensive.
“Then when Tonga arrived in Auckland and you saw the craziness - I think even Richie McCaw said: ‘It wasn’t until the Tongans came that we realised that - oh shucks, this is a pretty big deal, the world cup’. In 2011 when the Rugby World Cup was held in Wellington, Nua missed out on the ballot to get tickets: “I couldn’t go - I was pretty gutted. Red, White and Brass is the story of a die-hard Tongan rugby fan who misses out on tickets to a Tonga versus France world cup game, but promises to deliver a band for the pre-match entertainment - only that band does not exist and he has just weeks to create one. Cars are decked out in red and white, there’s always lots of music and entertainment.Ī new feature film shot in Wellington is bringing that passion to the big screen. If you’ve ever been in Auckland or Wellington when the Tongan national Rugby Union or League team is playing you’ll know how passionate their fans are. These are the stories of workers from the five original RSE Pacific nations that started the scheme 16 years ago. The series was produced by PCF in partnership with HortNZ. Voices of The Pacific is a five part mini-documentary series on RSE workers.
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