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- Born: 9 August 1977. Birthplace: Waitakere, Auckland
I was born the second and final child to my parents Jocelyn & Patrick Heremaia. My older brother Nigel was born with Spina Bifida and although he had many medical issues, as far as I can remember we had a fairly ?normal? and happy childhood. We grew up at our family home in Scenic Drive, Titirangi where mum and dad still live today.
Both Nigel and I attended Kaurilands Primary School then Glen Eden Intermediate and then went to High School at Green Bay High School. Leading up to my 7th form year at High School I was getting a little bit restless at school and I thought a change of scenery might re-motivate me, so I moved to Western Springs College.
Half way through my 7th form year I decided that the Hospitality Industry was the field I wanted to pursue, so I completed work experience at the Centra Hotel in Auckland City. To get my foot in the door I applied for a job in housekeeping and after six months moved into the Banquets department where over the next two years I moved through to Assistant Supervisor, Supervisor and then Co-ordinator. During this time I also completed my first year of Hospitality Management papers at AUT.
In 1997 while at the Centra Hotel I met my husband Mana Ashford. We met through mutual friends while playing a friendly touch game on a Sunday. Mana had recently moved from Wanganui to Auckland to play rugby.
In November 1998 Mana was selected for the New Zealand 7?s Rugby Team and over the next couple of years played in several tournaments around the world for New Zealand. The New Zealand 7?s team won several titles during this time. Mana has continued to play 7?s and 15?s rugby and still represents Auckland for 7?s and plays Premiere club rugby for the Waitemata Rugby club in West Auckland.
After 18 months together I fell pregnant with our first child Sharn who was born on the 6th of November 1999. Sharn is now 9 years old and attends Massey Primary School. Sharn is a fantastic sportsman like his father and enjoys playing T Ball for which he represented West Auckland in the Under 10?s grade this year and also loves to play rugby during the winter.
On the 2nd of January 2003 our daughter Tahlia was born. Tahlia now 6 also attends Massey Primary school and also enjoys playing T Ball.
In January 2004 I started work at Hastie New Zealand as an Administration Assistant. I still work at Hastie however now in the role of Office Manager. Hastie are a commercial engineering and project management company for Heating, Ventilation and Air Conditioning.
Mana and I married on the 8th of May 2004 at the Settlers Lodge in Waimauku and in September of the same year purchased our first home where we are living now on Red Hills Road in Massey.
In September 2005 Mana accepted a rugby contract in Dublin, Ireland at the Lansdowne Rugby club. As the contract was only for 9 months the kids and I decided to stay home, however we made a 4 week trip over to Europe for Christmas that year and spent time in Dublin, Paris and London.
On Mana?s return from Ireland he returned to work at James Hardie where he still works now as a Commercial Key Account Manager. Through Mana?s work we were lucky enough to travel to Mexico in 2008 to network with clients and were also able to slip in a quick stop off in Las Vegas on the way home.
We seem to have very little spare time as life away from work is always filled with sports for Mana or the kids, however I have continued to play touch rugby socially over the years and last year started playing squash again which I am thoroughly enjoying.
We are very close to Mum and Dad who are our number one baby sitters and are also our number one supporters when it comes to our sports and our kids sports.
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1977 - (47 years)