Pako & Mori

Pako Kamira and Mori Perez are a team of Hubbies on The Amazing Race Australia 6.

One of the strongest teams of the season, they took the season by storm. Throughout the majority of their run, they won four legs and never placed below fourth place, with the exception of an elimination scare in Türkiye.

Unfortunately, when it came to the first leg back in Australia, Mori suffered an anxiety attack at the Optus Stadium memory task due to his fear of heights and ultimately decided to take a penalty. When a trailing Angel & Frankie made it in time with 10 seconds left to their penalty, they were officially eliminated in 5th place.

Profile[]

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Pako and Mori have been together 10 years and married for one. They are fun, loud and bubbly – laughing their way through any situation. Pako is Maori, feisty and can be known to take a joke too far! Mori is Chilean and is the cool and calm one of the pair. He has a heart of gold and is very kind, but can overthink things.

Until very recently, both worked in the same office helping those in need. They say "we are just really fun people, and we aren't overselling it. It's obvious we live our fantasy and have a blast." They can be extremely competitive and are not afraid to push themselves to their limits to win.

Get to know Pako[]

Tell us a bit about your life and upbringing? Is there anything unique that stands out? I grew up in a small country town in the far north island of New Zealand called Kaitaia. I joined the NZ Air Force when I was 17 and served for over three years. I took a year of leave and travelled to Australia and met Mori while I was here. We started dating but I only had six months of leave left and then I had to return back to the Air Force as I owed service time. I returned back to the Air Force and served another six months and was able to break my contract. I then left the Air Force and have been living in Australia for the past 10 years with my husband.
Do you have any travel horror stories? I left my passport in an LAX toilet cubicle and did not realise until I got to my gate. My heart sunk as I raced back to the toilet to check – thankfully it was still there 30 minutes later, phew!

Get to know Mori[]

Do you have any hobbies or interests? I have an unhealthy obsession with seasonal decorations - Halloween and Christmas. I am also extremely obsessed with anything horror- from film, the paranormal, even themed theatre or ghost houses, I smile from ear to ear. I love things like the concept of Ancient Aliens, the building of the pyramids, Machu Picchu Temples, the giant heads in Easter Island.
What is your proudest achievement in life? Making my parents proud of the man I have become I owe them everything for what they have sacrificed for me.

The Amazing Race Australia 6[]

Race History[]

Pako & Mori's Race History
Episode	Leg	Destination(s)	Detour Choice (underlined)	Roadblock Performer	Placement	Notes
1	1	Australia → Morocco	In a Line / Off the Line	Pako	2 of 10
3	2	Morocco	No Detour	Mori	2 of 18
4	3	Morocco → Greece	Step Up / Step Down	No Roadblock	4 of 16
5	4	Greece	Hustle / Bustle	Pako	2 of 15
6	5	Greece	No Detour	No Roadblock	1 of 15
7	6	Greece → Turkey	No Detour	Mori	2 of 13
8	7	Turkey	Sweet Obsession / Street Procession	Pako	4 of 12
9	8	Turkey	No Detour	No Roadblock	10 of 11
10	9	Turkey → Colombia	Sparkle / Spoke	No Roadblock	4 of 7
11	10	Colombia	Bunch / Brew	Pako	1 of 6
12	11	Colombia	No Detour	No Roadblock	1 of 6
13	12	Colombia → Belize	Heat / Beat	Mori	3 of 5
14	13	Belize	Score / Solve	No Roadblock	2 of 8
15	14	Belize	Twirl It / Twerk It	Pako	2 of 8
15	14	Belize	Twirl It / Twerk It	Mori	2 of 8
16	15	Belize → Mexico	No Detour	Pako	1 of 7
17	16	Mexico	Cactus / Chorus	Mori	4 of 7⊂
18	17	Mexico	No Detour	Pako	2 of 6
19	18	Mexico → Australia	No Detour	Pako	5 of 5	^[1]
				Average	2.89
Legend: The team finished in first place The team finished in last place and was eliminated from the race The team finished in last place in a non-elimination leg or continue racing in a no-rest leg The team that won The Amazing Race The team that crossed the Finish Line second The team that crossed the Finish Line third ⊂ The team used the U-Turn ⊃ Recipient of the U-Turn ⋐ The team that used the second slot of the "Double U-Turn" ⋑ Recipient of a second U-Turn due to the "Double U-Turn" twist
Notes: 1: Pako & Mori initially arrived 4th, but were issued a 15 minute penalty for electing to quit the inverted hanging task. Angel & Frankie checked in during this time, dropping them to last place and resulted in their elimination.