Tatau

E te maua le malosi pe a mafai ona e iloa vaivaiga. (You gain strength when you can acknowledge weakness.)

– Sione (Vasa Tasele)

[Siaki is] trying to deal with the lifelong shame of having an incomplete traditional tattoo. The tattoo is a commitment to Samoan culture and is said to be the highest form of clothing a person can wear

– Writer Rhiannon Horrell in a Stuff article on the film 6 July 2012

I see it as a really human story. The more culturally specific you are, the more universal it becomes.

– Writer/director Chantelle Burgoyne in an interview with Stuff, 6 July 2012