The Alatini family’s laughter is infectious. You can hear the “tribe of five” coming long before you can see them.
The good-natured banter between TrueBliss singer Megan, former All Blacks midfielder Pita and their kids, Tonica, 27, Tiara, 19, and Trey, 17, instantly brings some sunshine to the unseasonably overcast day of our photoshoot.
But it hasn’t always been this picture-perfect for the wha- nau. Just before Christmas 2020 – two decades after the pop princess married the sports star in a wedding that saw them dubbed Aotearoa’s answer to Posh and Becks – high-school sweethearts Megan and Pita quietly separated.
It’s only now the couple have happily reunited, in a move they both admit is “still evolving”, that they are ready to share their story. They both hope it might help other empty nesters in a similar situation.
“This was a massive change for us,” Megan, 46, explains to. “But we both felt
