It's a story of trickery, greed and modern day slavery.
Yesterday in the Napier High Court, Joseph Auga Matamata was sentenced to eleven years in jail for human trafficking and slavery, after being found guilty of ten charges in human trafficking and thirteen charges in dealing in slaves.
Thirteen Samoans came to New Zealand and were promised a better life. Instead, they faced fourteen hour days, physical and emotional abuse and a matai - a Samoan chief - who controlled their lives.
Immigration New Zealand says greed was ultImiately his downfall.
INZ's Stephen Vaughan told RNZ he welcomes the sentencing.
