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Ngā Ringa Raupā- Patrick Salmon

Tonight's Matariki star is Patrick Salmon, who was a candidate for Internet MANA last year. Outside of his busy career as a health specialist, Salmon is a make-up artist who does women's make-up and styling for free to help boost their morale.

He says" It's something that is quite expensive and a lot of the wāhine that I do work with are usually solo māmā. They can sometimes feel quite regretful looking at themselves spending that amount of money when it can go on their tamariki."

Salmon's wife, Chelsea speaks of her admiration towards Patrick. She says "He's an inspirational person to his family and to us, what he does for those people we get back ten-fold."

"I see it for myself as a privilage and for whānau to let me be in that space of theirs because what I actually do is enhance what they already have by my artistry skills," Patrick adds.

"For myself I have three girls. I live in a household with five other ladies and I want to role model that for my girls."