Setareki Wainiqolo

Setareki Wainiqolo was born in Fiji on the Island of Viti Levu to Karalaini, a Womens Rights and Green Peace Activist and Actress and Taniela a Fisherman and Carpenter. He is an only child and is of both Fijian and Tongan descent. He's immediate family still reside in Fiji but members of his extended family now live in Tonga, Samoa, Australia and the States. As a child Setareki would accompany his mother to dress rehearsals and performances of hers mostly held at the only theater space in the Capital of Suva, The Fiji Arts Club. It was those earliest memories of his mother on stage playing alongside her cast-mates performing classical plays like Shakespeare and musicals that planted the seed of acting and performance in his heart even though his chance to finally perform would not arrive until much later in his life. While in Fiji Setareki attended International Primary School Suva and then later transferred to Marist Brothers Primary School Suva. He went on to attend Marist Brothers S