Radio 531pi was set up in 1993 by the Auckland Pacific Island Community Radio Trust.  Twenty seven years on the station now broadcasts nationwide and this week we look at featuring some of the people who helped pave the way.

Our guest this morning Sefita Hao’uli grew up on the island of Foa about 100 miles north of Nuku'alofa.  He attended Tonga High School before being sent to New Zealand to Auckland Grammar and continued his education at  Auckland University where he studied political science and psychology.

Sefita Hao’uli is a veteran journalist who has worked for Radio Pacific, Sunday News, TVNZ, a founding member of 531pi and a former chief executive of NiuFM.