Whakarāpopototia te tuhinga:  I te 13 noa iho o nga tau o te kaitango whakaahua a Trent Parke i a ia anake i te kāinga me tōna whaea i tōna matenga mai i tētahi pāmahana huka i mua tonu i ōna kanohi. I roto i te wā kotahi, kua ngaro te tamarikitanga o te kaitākaro whakaahua o Hītini, ā, kua huri tonu tōna ora. I kore ia e haere ki te tangihanga o tana wahine, he nui rawa te raruraru o te mea i tupu, a, kua ngaro katoa i a ia ana mahara. Engari, ka kati ia i a ia i roto i te rūma pouri o tōna whaea i roto i to rātau kāinga i Newcastle, ā, ka mau ki tōna kāmera, kāore anō kia wehe atu i tōna taha mai i taua wā. Ko ngā pīpī i runga i te pihikete kākahu Jatz, Dampier, Western Australia, 2011. Inaianei, 43-tau te pakeke o Parke, ko ia anake te mema o Ahitereiria o te roopu rongonui o Magnum, kua whakatuwherahia tana tamarikitanga whakamataku mo te wa tuatahi, e whakaatu ana i te tata ki te 2000 whakaahua i te Whare Toi o Ahitereiria ki te Tonga hei waahanga o tana whakaaturanga Black Rose. 'Mai i te wā i mate ai te māmā, ka haere tonu te ora,' i kī a Trent ki Daily Mail Australia. 'Ka noho au ki reira ka whakaaro mai i taua wa: He aha tatou i konei ai? E haere ana tātou ki whea? He aha te ora? ā, mai i taua wā tonu au i te rapu, i te rapu hoki i ngā whakautu ki te ora, ā, i āwhina tonu te kāmera i ahau ki te mahi i tērā.' Tree, Drysdale River, Western Australia, 2011. Ko Trent Parke (i te pikitia) i whakamārama i ōna maharatanga o tōna tamarikitanga hei wāhanga o tana whakaaturanga hou. Swan, Adelaide, 2007. 'He huarahi tēnei hei whakamātau ki te whakatutuki i tētahi mea kāore au i hiahia ki te whakatutuki.' I a ia e tipu ana, ko te hiahia nui o Parke kia noho hei kaitakaro kirikiti ngaio. Whai muri i tana takaro mo NSW, ka neke a Parke ki Adelaide ki te whakauru atu ki te whare wānanga kirikiti engari kaore i roa ka mohio ko te umanga ehara i a ia. I whiwhi mahi ia i te Daily Telegraph, a, i muri tata mai ka noho ia hei kaitango whakaahua mo The Age, i tukuna ia ki te haerenga me te kapa kirikiti o Ahitereiria. He rerenga rerenga, Gundegal, New South Wales, 2007. Ko te takutai kohatu, Ahitereiria ki te Tonga, 2007. Heoi, i te waea mai a te rangatira o Parke, e hiahia ana kia whakahokia mai tana whare, i whakaaro a Parke he tohu tena. Ko ia rāua ko tana wahine, te kaitango whakaahua a Narelle Autio, i mau ki ā rāua tama tokorua, ā, ka haere ki te...
Ko te kaitango whakaahua a Trent Parke i kite i te matenga o tōna whaea i a ia e 13 ana. I whakangaromia e ia nga maharatanga o tona wa o mua. Kātahi ka haere ia ki Ahitereiria ka tango i ngā whakaahua 7000. Inaianei kua whakakāhoretia e ia tana wā o mua, ā, kei te whakaatu i ngā pikitia ki te Whare Toi o Ahitereiria ki te Tonga.