In the highlands of Fogasavaii on the Big Island, beef cattle farmer Lafoaina Avealalo sits under a tree looking out over the vast ocean beyond his village. It’s a bumpy ride up to the picturesque lookout from the main road and although the distance is just 2 kilometres, it takes almost an hour-long drive on […]
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The Covid19 Forced Rest Upon Samoa’s Beach Fale Industry
Fales with thatched roofing, blue tarpaulin as wavy windows, and poumuli posts; lined along the armful Lalomanu beach like forgotten soldiers of some oceanic war about the meaning of Sundays and Covid19. Since the shut down, the silky white beach has rested from plenty footprints. Empty as the air, the only sounds are the thrashing […]
Reconnecting with our Lands and Samoa Traditional Knowledge: Inside Ms Sunshine Farms Samoa
Six years ago Floris Niu walked away from the corporate New Zealand rat race and returned a broken woman to her home in Tuanai, Samoa having spent the previous decade overcoming an avalanche of unfortunate events. During that difficult period in her life, she recalls standing in her family plantation in Tuanai, crying out to […]
“I Want to Join a Party With a Proper Caucus, Led by a Woman”
8 July 2020, Apia Samoa. Member of Parliament for the Urban West constituency in Faleata Faumuina Leatinuu Wayne Fong says he looks forward to joining a party with a functioning caucus that are able to openly discuss issues, but also one which is led by a woman. The announcement this week of Faumuina’s sacking […]
