We were blessed to host 48 Tongan young adults, plus 2 or 3 Samoans, in January for 3 days of leadership training with experienced leaders from around the world.

A big malo ‘aupito! (thank you) to Ps Sanjai, Ps Sam and Dianne at ‘Our City Church’, Henderson for hosting us – and also to Mele Florian and her ladies group who came to the venue at 5am each day to prepare breakfast and lunch!

We also organised a Youth Rally, graciously hosted by  Otara Samoan AOG church in Auckland – attended by the group and Auckland-based family members.

We were honoured to be approached by the Gather25 organisers, who were looking for a Pacific island contribution to the global event in March – possibly the largest event of it’s kind, ever. Thankfully, the dance team had their cultural outfits ready and we were able to shoot their item, introduced by Willy Florian the next day!

We hope you enjoy the photos below, and the video which was shown as part of the Gather25 event.