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Dialogue: 0,0:00:07.99,0:00:10.65,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Hello everyone. It's great to be here.
Dialogue: 0,0:00:10.65,0:00:12.44,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,You know, great to be at the stage of my old auditorium,
Dialogue: 0,0:00:12.44,0:00:15.32,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,my school and, you know,
Dialogue: 0,0:00:15.32,0:00:18.71,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,what an honor it is to be on this stage at TEDx.
Dialogue: 0,0:00:18.71,0:00:21.93,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And, like everyone else here, I'm here.
Dialogue: 0,0:00:21.93,0:00:26.14,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I'm a story teller, some people call me an artist.
Dialogue: 0,0:00:26.14,0:00:28.28,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And I'm a story teller.
Dialogue: 0,0:00:28.28,0:00:33.01,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And I'm here to share with you my story.
Dialogue: 0,0:00:33.01,0:00:36.31,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,You see, when I first got asked to do a TED talk,
Dialogue: 0,0:00:36.31,0:00:40.38,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I Googled it to see what it's all about, and
Dialogue: 0,0:00:40.38,0:00:42.46,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,one of the speakers came up and she said that
Dialogue: 0,0:00:42.46,0:00:44.41,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,she was fine until she got up on stage
Dialogue: 0,0:00:44.41,0:00:46.54,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and then she saw the timer and then she noticed
Dialogue: 0,0:00:46.54,0:00:49.50,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,that it was ticking down and it reminded her
Dialogue: 0,0:00:49.50,0:00:50.83,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,very much of a bomb.
Dialogue: 0,0:00:50.83,0:00:53.29,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,(Laughter)
Dialogue: 0,0:00:53.29,0:00:56.25,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,You see I'm from Afghanistan and
Dialogue: 0,0:00:56.25,0:01:01.03,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,that's the last thing I want to be reminded of.
Dialogue: 0,0:01:01.03,0:01:04.84,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,But anyway, earlier this year I went back to Afghanistan
Dialogue: 0,0:01:04.84,0:01:07.62,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,with my father and this photo was taken from
Dialogue: 0,0:01:07.62,0:01:11.69,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,behind our house, in a tiny little village of Joghori.
Dialogue: 0,0:01:11.69,0:01:17.24,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And that's sunset on the black mountains on the back.
Dialogue: 0,0:01:17.24,0:01:20.43,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,In this next photo is down on the valley floor in front of my house
Dialogue: 0,0:01:20.43,0:01:24.02,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and that's me with one of the young ones there.
Dialogue: 0,0:01:24.02,0:01:26.69,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And this photo was taken right there, that green door,
Dialogue: 0,0:01:26.69,0:01:31.96,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,green door to my house that I grew up in.
Dialogue: 0,0:01:31.96,0:01:34.98,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,You see, back in 2001 when the Taliban were at
Dialogue: 0,0:01:34.98,0:01:39.84,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,the height of their power everything changed.
Dialogue: 0,0:01:39.84,0:01:42.38,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,What do you see, what do you think,
Dialogue: 0,0:01:42.38,0:01:44.41,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,when you think of the word "Afghanistan"?
Dialogue: 0,0:01:44.41,0:01:46.41,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,What comes into your mind?
Dialogue: 0,0:01:46.41,0:01:50.88,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Soldiers, bombs, death, improvised explosive devises,
Dialogue: 0,0:01:50.88,0:01:52.91,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,just like the ones that were used to kill 5 of our brave
Dialogue: 0,0:01:52.91,0:01:57.34,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,troops only 2 weeks ago -- but this is my Afghanistan.
Dialogue: 0,0:01:57.34,0:02:02.66,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,This is what comes into my mind every time I think of home.
Dialogue: 0,0:02:02.66,0:02:05.95,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,So back in 2001 when the Taliban took over
Dialogue: 0,0:02:05.95,0:02:09.56,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,when they were at the height of their power, life was bad.
Dialogue: 0,0:02:09.56,0:02:12.41,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,This didn't exist anymore.
Dialogue: 0,0:02:12.41,0:02:16.35,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,All concepts of basic human rights were thrown out the window.
Dialogue: 0,0:02:16.35,0:02:19.23,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Women were forced to stay at home,
Dialogue: 0,0:02:19.23,0:02:23.09,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,stay uneducated, or restricted from teaching.
Dialogue: 0,0:02:23.09,0:02:25.02,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Men were forced to grow beards and simply accept
Dialogue: 0,0:02:25.02,0:02:28.01,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,the judgment of the local commander.
Dialogue: 0,0:02:28.01,0:02:30.86,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,You know, whatever that may be.
Dialogue: 0,0:02:30.86,0:02:36.37,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Life as we knew it had changed.
Dialogue: 0,0:02:36.37,0:02:39.81,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,So there we were in 2001 --
Dialogue: 0,0:02:39.81,0:02:42.89,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,me and my family being part of the ethnic minority,
Dialogue: 0,0:02:42.89,0:02:48.71,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,the Khazars, we were persecuted and executed.
Dialogue: 0,0:02:48.71,0:02:50.71,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,We were seen by the Taliban and their people
Dialogue: 0,0:02:50.71,0:02:55.77,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,as a tumor that needed to be cut and gotten rid of.
Dialogue: 0,0:02:55.77,0:02:59.23,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,For half time entertainment at local football matches
Dialogue: 0,0:02:59.23,0:03:02.78,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,my people were brought on onto the field
Dialogue: 0,0:03:02.78,0:03:06.32,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and stoned to death.
Dialogue: 0,0:03:06.32,0:03:11.08,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Education en mass for the price of disobedience.
Dialogue: 0,0:03:11.08,0:03:13.80,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And so, as you can imagine, my father made the
Dialogue: 0,0:03:13.80,0:03:17.15,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,decision for our family to leave.
Dialogue: 0,0:03:17.15,0:03:21.41,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Seek a fresh start, somewhere new. A new beginning.
Dialogue: 0,0:03:21.41,0:03:25.27,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And that new beginning was going to be Australia.
Dialogue: 0,0:03:25.27,0:03:29.72,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,So we set out in spring of 2001.
Dialogue: 0,0:03:29.72,0:03:35.13,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Under the cover of night, we arrived in Pakistan, in Karachi.
Dialogue: 0,0:03:35.13,0:03:39.67,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And, already life was different and I was in the next country.
Dialogue: 0,0:03:39.67,0:03:42.19,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Our family stayed in a one bedroom apartment
Dialogue: 0,0:03:42.19,0:03:46.28,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,while our traveling papers were organized.
Dialogue: 0,0:03:46.28,0:03:49.96,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And I celebrated my 7th birthday in Pakistan.
Dialogue: 0,0:03:49.96,0:03:53.28,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Indonesia was going to be the next step.
Dialogue: 0,0:03:53.28,0:03:54.91,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,See I remember the journey clearly
Dialogue: 0,0:03:54.91,0:03:58.50,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,because it was the first time I boarded a plane
Dialogue: 0,0:03:58.50,0:04:01.76,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and I can tell you now I was not Star Alliance member.
Dialogue: 0,0:04:01.76,0:04:04.31,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Not in New Zealand.
Dialogue: 0,0:04:04.31,0:04:07.35,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Cramped into an old rickety plane
Dialogue: 0,0:04:07.35,0:04:09.31,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I couldn't understand how we managed to stay in
Dialogue: 0,0:04:09.31,0:04:11.61,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,one piece when we arrived in Indonesia.
Dialogue: 0,0:04:11.61,0:04:13.42,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And oh man, what a difference you know
Dialogue: 0,0:04:13.42,0:04:20.55,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,the heat, the humidity, the bananas, the neverending expanse of water.
Dialogue: 0,0:04:20.55,0:04:23.88,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Where the hell where we?
Dialogue: 0,0:04:23.88,0:04:26.23,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,But anyway, we stayed in Indonesia for 2 months
Dialogue: 0,0:04:26.23,0:04:29.26,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,while once again traveling papers organized.
Dialogue: 0,0:04:29.26,0:04:31.20,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And you know we had to find a ship,
Dialogue: 0,0:04:31.20,0:04:33.13,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,someone to get us to New Zealand.
Dialogue: 0,0:04:33.13,0:04:34.100,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I'm not in New Zealand at this time obviously,
Dialogue: 0,0:04:34.100,0:04:40.41,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Australia, we didn't even know this tiny island nation even existed.
Dialogue: 0,0:04:40.41,0:04:42.48,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Then one night, you know, we'd been here for 2 months
Dialogue: 0,0:04:42.48,0:04:44.72,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and then one night, I was started awake by my mother
Dialogue: 0,0:04:44.72,0:04:47.37,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and she said "We're leaving."
Dialogue: 0,0:04:47.37,0:04:49.45,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And me, being unaware, not knowing,
Dialogue: 0,0:04:49.45,0:04:51.45,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I was 7 at the time, and anyways I was,
Dialogue: 0,0:04:51.45,0:04:54.54,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,"OK, you know, let's leave."
Dialogue: 0,0:04:54.54,0:04:57.02,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,We were leaving tonight, oh wow.
Dialogue: 0,0:04:57.02,0:04:59.02,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,So I quickly grabbed on to as many clothes as I could
Dialogue: 0,0:04:59.02,0:05:02.13,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I checked them on trying to save some space in my bag and
Dialogue: 0,0:05:02.13,0:05:05.30,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,we were hurried off onto a bus in the middle of the night.
Dialogue: 0,0:05:05.30,0:05:07.25,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,This was all pitch black darkness so you couldn't see anything
Dialogue: 0,0:05:07.25,0:05:08.57,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,In the middle of the night, we were rushed off
Dialogue: 0,0:05:08.57,0:05:12.59,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,to port, port Merak in Indonesia.
Dialogue: 0,0:05:12.59,0:05:15.36,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And, in Port Merak we caught up with some
Dialogue: 0,0:05:15.36,0:05:17.06,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,of the other Khazars families, who were also
Dialogue: 0,0:05:17.06,0:05:19.40,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,escaping the atrocities back home.
Dialogue: 0,0:05:19.40,0:05:20.33,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,But we couldn't see anyone
Dialogue: 0,0:05:20.33,0:05:22.12,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,we couldn't distinguish number or what not.
Dialogue: 0,0:05:22.12,0:05:26.53,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,So there we were hurried along into the belly of this
Dialogue: 0,0:05:26.53,0:05:30.56,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,unknown ship and we couldn't understand --
Dialogue: 0,0:05:30.56,0:05:32.18,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,we knew we were at the port because we could hear
Dialogue: 0,0:05:32.18,0:05:33.86,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,crashing of the waves, but we didn't know
Dialogue: 0,0:05:33.86,0:05:35.91,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,where we were, we just hurried along to the ship
Dialogue: 0,0:05:35.91,0:05:37.26,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,you know, what sort of ship is this?
Dialogue: 0,0:05:37.26,0:05:39.68,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,How big it is?
Dialogue: 0,0:05:39.68,0:05:43.48,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,The next day I got the chance to truly explore this vessel you know,
Dialogue: 0,0:05:43.48,0:05:46.39,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,the MV Palapa 2 as it was known.
Dialogue: 0,0:05:46.39,0:05:48.88,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and I hate to think what happened to Palapa 1.
Dialogue: 0,0:05:48.88,0:05:51.41,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,The MV Palapa 2 was a fishing vessel
Dialogue: 0,0:05:51.41,0:05:56.55,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and just like fish, 438 Afghans, mostly Afghans,
Dialogue: 0,0:05:56.55,0:06:01.36,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,were crammed into a space that was meant to hold 40.
Dialogue: 0,0:06:01.36,0:06:03.39,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And I remember, I remember needing to go to the
Dialogue: 0,0:06:03.39,0:06:05.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,bathroom when I discovered that it was simply a hole,
Dialogue: 0,0:06:05.99,0:06:09.24,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,in the deck that ran straight into the ocean,
Dialogue: 0,0:06:09.24,0:06:13.58,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I didn't need to go to the bathroom anymore.
Dialogue: 0,0:06:13.58,0:06:18.04,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,But anyway, on the second day, the engine failed
Dialogue: 0,0:06:18.04,0:06:21.38,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and that night a storm hit and here you know,
Dialogue: 0,0:06:21.38,0:06:24.23,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,this was the scariest moment of the whole journey.
Dialogue: 0,0:06:24.23,0:06:25.89,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Not for me, but for everyone,
Dialogue: 0,0:06:25.89,0:06:29.54,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,as a kid, you know, I thought I was on a big adventure.
Dialogue: 0,0:06:29.54,0:06:32.24,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,But put yourselves in my father's position,
Dialogue: 0,0:06:32.24,0:06:34.78,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,he thought that he was offering us a chance,
Dialogue: 0,0:06:34.78,0:06:36.56,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,his family a chance at a fresh start
Dialogue: 0,0:06:36.56,0:06:38.76,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and now, in this situation when the most,
Dialogue: 0,0:06:38.76,0:06:41.69,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,when our fate was at the mercy of the waves
Dialogue: 0,0:06:41.69,0:06:44.84,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,he thought that he had condemned us to death.
Dialogue: 0,0:06:44.84,0:06:49.37,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,The men all reached the lowest point of their lives at this point.
Dialogue: 0,0:06:49.37,0:06:52.78,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And still thinking back at it today I think,
Dialogue: 0,0:06:52.78,0:06:55.91,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,how the hell did we survive that night?
Dialogue: 0,0:06:55.91,0:06:59.03,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Because it was a miracle
Dialogue: 0,0:06:59.03,0:07:02.21,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,the men at that point we were praying, praying to God
Dialogue: 0,0:07:02.21,0:07:03.34,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,that please save us
Dialogue: 0,0:07:03.34,0:07:05.50,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,you know, if we're to drown tonight, please wash our
Dialogue: 0,0:07:05.50,0:07:10.12,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,bodies on some shore so we can be buried on land.
Dialogue: 0,0:07:10.12,0:07:13.86,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,But the next day, it eventuated and a small plane
Dialogue: 0,0:07:13.86,0:07:16.16,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,flew overhead and you know as you can imagine
Dialogue: 0,0:07:16.16,0:07:19.13,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,there's a sense of hope that
Dialogue: 0,0:07:19.13,0:07:20.55,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,this plane would see us and
Dialogue: 0,0:07:20.55,0:07:23.34,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,we would be rescued but nothing happened.
Dialogue: 0,0:07:23.34,0:07:24.73,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And the one man who's sitting at the back of the
Dialogue: 0,0:07:24.73,0:07:27.88,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,auditorium thought he could speak some
Dialogue: 0,0:07:27.88,0:07:29.93,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,English could write the letters S O S
Dialogue: 0,0:07:29.93,0:07:31.80,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and put it up so that the next time a flight
Dialogue: 0,0:07:31.80,0:07:33.47,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,pass they will see us and it did
Dialogue: 0,0:07:33.47,0:07:35.91,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,but again nothing happened.
Dialogue: 0,0:07:35.91,0:07:37.88,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Morning turned into evening
Dialogue: 0,0:07:37.88,0:07:40.100,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and all sense of hope was lost again.
Dialogue: 0,0:07:40.100,0:07:42.98,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,But that evening God heard our prayers
Dialogue: 0,0:07:42.98,0:07:49.16,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,for out of the horizon came the MV Tampa --
Dialogue: 0,0:07:49.16,0:07:51.18,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,MV Tampa is a Norwegian cargo ship heading from
Dialogue: 0,0:07:51.18,0:07:53.31,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Fremantle in Wiston Australia to Singapore
Dialogue: 0,0:07:53.31,0:07:55.90,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and had picked up our distress signal that the
Dialogue: 0,0:07:55.90,0:07:57.78,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,captain had put up.
Dialogue: 0,0:07:57.78,0:08:00.80,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And that's our little boat right there anchored next
Dialogue: 0,0:08:00.80,0:08:05.86,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,to the MV Tampa.
Dialogue: 0,0:08:05.86,0:08:09.18,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And so as the last man got out of the Palapa,
Dialogue: 0,0:08:09.18,0:08:11.88,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,the Palapa sank
Dialogue: 0,0:08:11.88,0:08:13.60,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,taking with it everything that we brought from
Dialogue: 0,0:08:13.60,0:08:16.21,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Afghanistan and Pakistan to start our new lives elsewhere.
Dialogue: 0,0:08:16.21,0:08:20.20,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,It sank and is now at the bottom of the Indian Ocean.
Dialogue: 0,0:08:20.20,0:08:22.70,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Here we wanted to go
Dialogue: 0,0:08:22.70,0:08:24.93,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,We slept in containers, empty containers
Dialogue: 0,0:08:24.93,0:08:27.70,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and we prayed on deck, and we wanted to know
Dialogue: 0,0:08:27.70,0:08:30.03,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,we wanted to go to Australia to Christmas Island
Dialogue: 0,0:08:30.03,0:08:33.30,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,because it was under Australian control and hopefully
Dialogue: 0,0:08:33.30,0:08:36.55,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,here we would be processed and sent to Australia
Dialogue: 0,0:08:36.55,0:08:38.14,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,this was it, here we are,
Dialogue: 0,0:08:38.14,0:08:41.47,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,the last stepping stone, we're going to go.
Dialogue: 0,0:08:41.47,0:08:44.19,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,But Australia at this time was in the midst of an election
Dialogue: 0,0:08:44.19,0:08:49.70,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and policy had changed --
Dialogue: 0,0:08:49.70,0:08:52.82,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,John Howard closed the doors on Australia
Dialogue: 0,0:08:52.82,0:08:55.89,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,to further his campaign.
Dialogue: 0,0:08:55.89,0:08:58.29,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And so Captain Rinnan, a brave man, a risk taker,
Dialogue: 0,0:08:58.29,0:09:01.19,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,he chose, he headed straight for Christmas Island
Dialogue: 0,0:09:01.19,0:09:03.37,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,but you know within 10 kilometers of Christmas Island
Dialogue: 0,0:09:03.37,0:09:06.54,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,we were forced back by SAS troops.
Dialogue: 0,0:09:06.54,0:09:08.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And under pressure from his own bosses
Dialogue: 0,0:09:08.99,0:09:10.50,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Renner could not hold us anymore because
Dialogue: 0,0:09:10.50,0:09:12.26,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,he needed his freight to Singapore.
Dialogue: 0,0:09:12.26,0:09:14.07,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,He could not be a host for us anymore.
Dialogue: 0,0:09:14.07,0:09:16.26,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And so we changed, we were transferred onto
Dialogue: 0,0:09:16.26,0:09:19.15,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,the HMS Minora, a navy frigate.
Dialogue: 0,0:09:19.15,0:09:20.85,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And this was a lot better for we had bedding
Dialogue: 0,0:09:20.85,0:09:24.67,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and shower facilities, but still we had no sense of direction
Dialogue: 0,0:09:24.67,0:09:30.09,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,we had, we were just waiting out on the ocean with nowhere to go.
Dialogue: 0,0:09:30.09,0:09:33.26,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,While we were on there, 9/11 happened
Dialogue: 0,0:09:33.26,0:09:35.14,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,but we were unaware.
Dialogue: 0,0:09:35.14,0:09:38.87,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Because New Zealand put up a tent.
Dialogue: 0,0:09:38.87,0:09:40.96,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Who or what is a New Zealand?
Dialogue: 0,0:09:40.96,0:09:43.14,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,(Laughter)
Dialogue: 0,0:09:43.14,0:09:45.94,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,That's what we were thinking
Dialogue: 0,0:09:45.94,0:09:48.97,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,but we didn't care for New Zealand was the end
Dialogue: 0,0:09:48.97,0:09:51.70,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,of our 6 month journey from that little village you saw
Dialogue: 0,0:09:51.70,0:09:54.97,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,at the first picture.
Dialogue: 0,0:09:54.97,0:09:59.89,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,So we arrived in New Zealand 28th of September 2001
Dialogue: 0,0:09:59.89,0:10:04.03,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and at the tarmac of Auckland Airport we felt home.
Dialogue: 0,0:10:04.03,0:10:08.27,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,For the first time, we felt on solid ground
Dialogue: 0,0:10:08.27,0:10:13.82,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and so we transferred to Mangere Refugee Center
Dialogue: 0,0:10:13.82,0:10:15.70,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and from there we've been living in Christchurch
Dialogue: 0,0:10:15.70,0:10:21.06,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,for the past 11 years.
Dialogue: 0,0:10:21.08,0:10:23.09,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,That's me and my dad right now when we went back
Dialogue: 0,0:10:23.09,0:10:25.17,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,this Saturday to Afghanistan and to think
Dialogue: 0,0:10:25.17,0:10:28.97,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,where we've come from and where I am at right now
Dialogue: 0,0:10:28.97,0:10:33.78,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,where I'm standing on this stage today is a story of hope
Dialogue: 0,0:10:33.78,0:10:36.39,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and I want to tell all of you this is my message to all of you.
Dialogue: 0,0:10:36.39,0:10:39.79,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,We're all going through a tough time right now
Dialogue: 0,0:10:39.79,0:10:45.36,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,this country right now is the last land mass to be colonized.
Dialogue: 0,0:10:45.37,0:10:48.49,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Everyone in this auditorium is either a migrant,
Dialogue: 0,0:10:48.49,0:10:51.65,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,a refugee, or a descendant of one.
Dialogue: 0,0:10:51.65,0:10:54.74,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,It's forever enriching its identity
Dialogue: 0,0:10:54.74,0:11:00.46,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,with people from all over the world.
Dialogue: 0,0:11:00.46,0:11:03.77,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And so if I, in final remark, regards I just wanted
Dialogue: 0,0:11:03.77,0:11:05.82,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,to tell you we're all going through a tough time
Dialogue: 0,0:11:05.82,0:11:07.71,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,you know, never lose hope because there are other people
Dialogue: 0,0:11:07.71,0:11:09.48,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,going through tougher times.
Dialogue: 0,0:11:09.48,0:11:12.39,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,We all have the power to make a difference
Dialogue: 0,0:11:12.39,0:11:15.80,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,as I graduate and head off from this stage and go
Dialogue: 0,0:11:15.80,0:11:17.94,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,to University down the road I wonder,
Dialogue: 0,0:11:17.94,0:11:21.19,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,"How can I make a difference?"
Dialogue: 0,0:11:21.19,0:11:24.92,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,But the reality is we all have the power to make a difference.
Dialogue: 0,0:11:24.92,0:11:29.56,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And that can be as easy as listening to someone tell their story.
Dialogue: 0,0:11:29.56,0:11:31.22,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Thank you.
Dialogue: 0,0:11:31.22,0:11:41.60,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,(Applause)
Dialogue: 0,0:11:42.62,0:11:44.06,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,(Moderator) No, don't go, don't go,stay,
Dialogue: 0,0:11:44.06,0:11:46.76,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,we gotta talk a bit about your family.
Dialogue: 0,0:11:46.76,0:11:58.17,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,(Applause)
Dialogue: 0,0:11:58.92,0:12:04.90,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,(Moderator) The word "Tampa" looms very large in history
Dialogue: 0,0:12:04.90,0:12:08.51,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and so to have met somebody who came here from
Dialogue: 0,0:12:08.51,0:12:11.20,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,the Tampa is a huge privilege.
Dialogue: 0,0:12:11.20,0:12:14.50,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,You asked, "Who or what is New Zealand?"
Dialogue: 0,0:12:14.50,0:12:16.93,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,The simple answer is "You are!"
Dialogue: 0,0:12:16.93,0:12:19.53,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and you didn't come on your own.
Dialogue: 0,0:12:19.53,0:12:21.91,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and so we would like to acknowledge family and friends
Dialogue: 0,0:12:21.91,0:12:25.93,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,in the audience if they would like to stand please?
Dialogue: 0,0:12:25.93,0:12:28.93,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,You're out there. Thank you very much indeed.
Dialogue: 0,0:12:28.93,0:12:36.18,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,(Applause)