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Your channel shows you cook, farm, fish and share meals on a level where we can bounce ideas and help one another
together, especially on Sundays. It’s that sense of family progress etc., especially on the monetisation aspect of the
togetherness that strikes me the most. channel. All I am doing is self-taught (trial and error) and
I think most island families can relate in a way. This is just learning from others on YouTube.
the way we were brought up and it is just a normal part of The challenge with farming and fishing is finding the time to
life, I guess. Our mentality is that we want our kids to be attend to these activities.
better than us. That’s why we want to share with them and
teach them all that we know and have so they will be better Your channel is inspiring. What would you say to encour-
equipped and hopefully later on add more onto what we have age other Pacific Islanders?
offered them. We want them to grow up and be good people We just want to encourage everyone not only our Pacific
who contribute good to any community they are in. community but everyone, to just be good people and contrib-
Working together and sharing meals together are perfect ute goodness to our communities.
ways of strengthening family relationships or any relationship For our Pacific communities, we would like to encourage
in general. Family is everything to us, especially our kids. all who can, if interested, to take up this YouTube journey as
They are not always going to be with us at home forever so well. We have a lot to offer but not many of us yet who are
we try to make the most of it and make every moment count. actually living lives on our Islands are telling our own stories.
It is quite sad for me because I can understand the chal-
Could you highlight some of the challenges you have lenges of why. Most of us in our situations don’t really have
faced living in Niue? The challenges faced in your daily the means to do so. The equipment is costly. Internet data
routine and in your business? And the challenges of being a and infrastructure are limited in many of our regions. Money
YouTuber? is scarce and earnings are low in comparison to developed
The remote location of Niue is a major factor, but one of nations. A lot of factors are against us. But that’s why I think
the challenges we have is our low population and many people we should if we can, or help others do so if we can. It is an
wear many hats. Business potential is limited due to a low opportunity to tell our stories, making lasting memories for
population and hence, customer base. When we need certain our posterity with a potential also to make some income for
things like tools or goods, or gadgets, we have to wait to get our families. The sky is the limit, potential-wise, and you get
it from overseas most times, if not available on the Island. to be your own boss, doing what you hopefully love and enjoy.
For example, I broke my GoPro, [but] I can’t just go to a store We recently have started to get some monthly income from
here and get a replacement straight away. Another challenge our channel since May this year. This is all capital coming
is the high data costs for the Internet, the Internet connection into Niue from the outside (a little help towards our local
speeds and reliability. It is not too bad but not at the level economy) and another source of motivation now for the ‘Why’
of the developed nations. We’re waiting to see if Elon Musk’s question. So, I am just interested to see how far we can run
Starlink connection would be available in our region anytime with this. We are still a very tiny, tiny channel.
soon. Another challenge mainly is, I feel all alone doing this
here on Niue as no one yet is doing it on a consistent basis and sports@islandsbusiness.com

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