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A white lei hung around her neck as she attempted to balance her champion’s plaque awkwardly in one hand.

“I’m sure I’m going to have 50 leis by the time I go home,” he said.

He added a bookshelf, filling it with items, such as Daniel’s boyhood rock collection and a lei from their trip to Maui.

I still remember our trip well, that crispy ahi with pineapple salsa, the rainbows in Kauai and the sweet smell of the orchids and plumeria of the leis.

In return he promised monthly top-up payments of 5,000 Moldovan lei to pensioners, or about £200.