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Heart transplant recipient: 'It's the best gift anyone can have'

Talifolau Veikoso loves his rugby, family and life in general. The latter especially so.

The Tauranga father of seven has had at least five heart attacks that he knows of. The damage done by the last not only sent him into a coma but meant he was plugged into to an electronic device helping to pump his heart for nearly a year.

At night, the 39-year-old was plugged into the wall, in the car he…