Robbie Magasiva pays tribute to his brother Pua

Publish Date
Friday, 17 May 2019, 3:37PM
Photo / FLAVA

Photo / FLAVA

Robbie Magasiva has paid tribute to his brother Pua in a social media post after Pua's passing over last weekend. 

Robbie took to Instagram, posting an old photo of Pua, seemingly from the pair's childhood, with the caption: "My heart is broken I miss you so much Pua we all do. Rest now. I love you Pua"

 

The Magasiva whānau are holding a private funeral service in Wellington this afternoon.

 

Pua's death shocked many across not only Aotearoa, but the world, especially amongst the acting community. Pua's former colleague at Shortland Street Sally Martin posted a poem dedicated to him to her Instagram account today, alongside photos of the pair.

View this post on Instagram

🖤 ⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀ Have had too many of my moments This week at work Where my heart has stumbled And I've lost my breath You know, those moments My moments you know well When with a single glance You could somehow see My spirit falter ⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀ Those moments that you saw me through When you'd play a prank Make a joke When you'd distract all the eyes And all the lenses Just to give me a chance To stand behind a door To gather myself in private In order to carry on ⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀ I would've done that for you ⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀ People would've lined up to do that for you ⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀ Lined up to hold you through a million rough moments ⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀ I wonder if you can see them all now Lining up to hold your family Hold your girls Your precious girls Surrounding them Loving them ⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀ I hope you can see them now All these people Who love you so hard ⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀ 🖤 ⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀ I hate your demons But I love your guts And man, I'mma miss you ⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀

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