Originally published by Māori Television
Musician Salvador Fuemana, the son of the late How Bizarre international chart-topper Pauly Fuemana, has inherited his father's looks and passion for music.
Pauly was the frontman for the musical group OMC (which stands for Otara Millionaires Club) and died from a chronic illness in 2010 when Salvador was 8. The Otara-raised musician had battled with depression, a condition Salvador, 19, also struggles with.
"From what I know and what my mum tells me, my family has a history of mental health, especially my dad. A lot of the problems he had were indirectly and directly as a result of that," Fuemana says.
"Growing up with my dad passing away and my mum's parents passing away in such a short amount of time, when you're so young, will have such a big effect on you and the way you look at things. The things that we went through, you keep going deeper and deeper in this hole."
