Larry started his career as a visitor host where he provided a warm experience for our manuhiri,.
"This fale is home for me, and so when you have visitors come to your fale you want to make sure they feel comfortable and when they leave you want them to come back to visit again," he says.
Larry has also served as a Community Facilitator for the Pacific Collections Access Project (PCAP), that aimed to reconnect Pacific Communities with their taonga and improve our knowledge and understanding of these collections.
During this project he discovered that his own mother held cultural knowledge about his favourite Measina.
"As long I’ve worked here I've always looked at the Le Sina and wondered how my ancestors made this.
It wasn’t until I worked in the PCAP project that I discovered my mother knew all about the Le Sina. Just like that she talked about it like it was a normal thing whilst growing up in Samoa. The ‘’’Le Sina’’ is even more special to me now.
That's the unique thing about working at the Museum, you are always learning something new.
Larry has had a long fulfilling career at the Museum and he has recently moved into a new role as a Pou Herenga Manager in our exhibitions team.