Whakarāpopototia te tuhinga:  He waimarie nui a Latika Bourke i a ia e tamariki ana e rere ana i te taha o tana whitu o ona tuakana me ona teina i roto i to ratou marae i Ahitereiria. Ahakoa i whakamanahia ia mai i Inia me ona tuakana e rua, kaore ano ia i whakaaro kia tirotirohia e ia ona putake i Inia, i whanau ai ia i mua i tana whakamana me te tiimata i tetahi oranga hou i te Whenua Waimarie hei tamaiti e waru marama te pakeke. Engari ka huri katoa i a ia e mātakitaki ana i te kiriata Slumdog Millionaire, ā, ka mōhio i te nui o te rerekētanga o tōna oranga mēnā kāore ōna mātua hou i mau ki a ia, ā, kāore i whakarerekē i tōna oranga mō ake tonu atu. Ko te kiriata he mea whakarerekē ora mō Latika, ā, i arahi ia ki tētahi haerenga wairua ki te wāhi i tīmata ai te katoa i roto i tētahi whare tamariki mokopuna i roto i ngā wāhi pōhēhē o Īnia - te whenua i aroha tonu ia ki a ia, ā, kua noho hei kāinga tuarua māna. Panuku ki raro mō te ataata. Kāore a Latika Bourke i whai whakaaro ki te rapu i tōna takenga mai tae noa ki tana kitenga i te kiriata Slumdog Millionaire i kitea e ia he huri i te ora. I tana haerenga tuatahi ki Inia i toro atu ia ki te whare mokopuna i mua i tana whakatamarikitanga, a ka whakaaturia ki a ia te tuhinga anake o tana wa i reira i a ia e tamariki ana - i tino paingia a Latika e te tuhinga whakauru me nga whakaahua e rua o a ia i a ia e tamariki ana. Ko Latika - i whakaahuahia me nga nuns e rua i te whare mokopuna o mua - i pupuri i te moenga i wirihia ai ia hei kohinga koa. 'Kare au e whakapehapeha ana ina kii au koinei tetahi o nga waa tino nui o taku koiora,' i kii ia ki a Daily Mail Ahitereiria. 'Ko te wā tuatahi i tino mārama ai ahau ki te mea i tupu mēnā kāore au i whakatapua. 'Ko te mea hoki ko te kotiro iti i roto i te pikitia ko toku ingoa - kaore au i rongo i tetahi tangata me taku ingoa i mua - he tino mea tino nui.' E toru atu tau a Latika ki te tae ki Inia i te tau 2012 a ko ia ia tau mai i taua wa - e whakaae ana ki te 'kino tino' ki tona whenua whaea. 'Kāore au i whai whakaaro ki tētahi wāhanga o ahau i ngaro i whakakiia, engari i nui ake taku māramatanga hei tangata - i whiwhi au i taua wāhanga o taku kōrero kāore au i mōhio.' E rua ngā tamariki a ngā mātua o Latika i taua wā...
I whānau a Latika Bourke ki Inia, ā, i whakamanahia e tētahi tokorua o Ahitereiria. Tokorua ngā tamariki a ōna mātua, tokotoru i whāngai, ā, tokotoru anō i whānau māori. I tipu ake ia ki Bathurst i NSW, ā, he tino waimarie tōna tamarikitanga. Kāore a Latika i aro ki tōna whakapapa tae noa ki tana mātakitaki i te kiriata Slumdog Millionaire i reira he kotiro he ingoa ōrite ki a ia. I te wā tonu i pōhēhētia ia e tōna whenua taketake mai i te tau 2012. I tēnei wā 31, e hiahia ana ia kia noho ki Īnia i tētahi rā, kia kōrero hoki i ō rātau kōrero.