Tala Pasifika - Talk of the Town (Tala o le Taulaga)

Yep, they used to call me a real bush queen, sister. I was fresh off the boat. Took me a long time to get used to living in this city. My mother, she sent me here from Samoa to live with my Aunt in Ōtara.

– Cindy (Henry Ah-Foo Taripo) looks back on life

Guess what Sione said his name was? Cindy!

– Young Tino (Cliff Tonga)

No sir, it's a lavalava. Remember the headmaster said we can wear a lavalava to school if it was nice and neat. You know, since there are so many of us Island boys here.

– Young Sione (Sani Muliaumaseali'i) to his annoyed teacher (Alistair Douglas)

I wrote that story about my friend Cindy of Samoa . . . [she's] this really famous figurehead in Samoa. She's iconic in the community, here and there. Her story just always really fascinated me, just because she's someone who's negotiated all these words with absolute confidence.

– Writer Lisa Taouma on the origins of Talk of the Town, in her ScreenTalk interview