Nor'West News: December 10, 2020

12 Thursday December 10 2020
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NOR’WEST NEWS
Mother who inspired movement mourned
THE FOUNDER of the She
Is Not Your Rehab movement
Matt Brown’s mother died last
Thursday.
The Riccarton barber, who
owns My Fathers Barbers on
Clarence St, said his mum,
Aitofi Telesia Pouvi Taimalelagi,
inspired him to create the
movement to combat family
violence.
He said she has left this world
– but her mark will stay for a
long time to come.
“My dear mother was my first
protector, a survivor, a warrior
and a queen,” Brown said.
“She had a generous spirit and
a good sense of humour. Her
life was one of heartache and
struggle, yet she gave birth to
nine children and worked hard
to give us the very best she could
with what she had.”
Brown started the antiviolence
movement She Is Not
Your Rehab because of his
mother, who passed away last
Thursday, and the suffering he
had witnessed in his home.
He says the movement is
“founded on her story, her
sorrow, her survival and the way
I witnessed her for many, many
years become a rehabilitation
centre for the man she loved, all
because she wanted us kids to
have a family like she had grown
up with.”
Just last week, the family
described how she felt emotional
when Dwayne “The Rock”
Johnson singled her out
in a powerful message
to the family he posted
online.
The Hollywood actor
sent a message to the
family, after Brown’s son
Angelou tagged Johnson
in a video asking him to
join them in spreading
the anti-violence
message of She Is Not
Your Rehab with men
around the world.
In his response, Johnson
Dwayne
‘The Rock’
Johnson
singled out the work the boy’s
father does with the She is Not
Your Rehab group, as well as the
boy’s nana. “I admire
your father, greatly for
standing up and creating
@sheisnotyourrehab.
And to make sure his
mom – your nana – will
never be forgotten.
“Encouraging men
all over the world to
treat our women with
respect, love and most
importantly, violencefree,”
the actor said.
“You stay strong,
Angelou and keep listening to
Matt Brown
INSPIRATION:
Angelou with his
late grandmother
Aitofi Telesia Pouvi
Taimalelagi.
your nana and your dad. One
day you will become the leader
of your aiga and also a leader the
world will admire.”
In the original video that the
five-year-old posted for “The
Rock”, the boy explained how
his dad started the anti-violence
movement in honour of his
grandmother, who had suffered
domestic abuse.
“Men all around New Zealand,
the Pacific, and even the whole
wide world because his mum, my
nana, had a sad life when they
were growing up with lots of
fights at home.
“It was sad for my dad to watch
her get hurt a lot. And she had
to go away lots to many refuges,”
the boy said.
“My dad says it’s his mission to
help other men to heal so their
wives don’t have sad lives like
nana did.”
In the video, Angelou revealed
his nana was unwell with lung
cancer.
He said his father will use
the She Is Not Your Rehab
movement to help tell her story
and promised her message will
never be forgotten.
Brown and his movement’s
ultimate goal is for “Aotearoa to
become violence-free”.
“I promised her before she left
this world that I would tell her
story to the world,” Brown said
as he prepared for her funeral
and the family coming to terms
with a life without her in it.
“Her story will be a source
of redemption for many and a
way to reclaim the narrative of
domestic violence that is still a
hidden pandemic and a source
of shame here in Aotearoa and
around the world.”
A survivor of many of
life’s toughest battles, Aitofi
Taimalelagi died after a battle
with lung cancer.
She leaves behind children,
grandchildren and a legacy that
will last for generations to come.
– NZ Herald
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