“That kind of blew my mind, because it was so gross. Just the thought of somebody taking you from your land, your environment and your family, and placing you in this foreign environment where you’re now on display.” — Lindah Lepou, artist.
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“For New Zealanders, this chapter in our colonial history is one of shame that should be far better known and understood.” — Maire Leadbeater on NZ colonial rule in Sāmoa.
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“I’ve grown to appreciate the place of law in today’s society, but I struggle with its monoculturalism.” — Tamasailau Sualii-Sauni.
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“I grew up as a young Sāmoan kid watching rugby, and Bryan Williams was my idol. . . . So there we had the first Sāmoan All Black who was also a lawyer, and I thought: ‘Man! That is really something.’” — Judge Mike Mika.
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“I hope that we dispel once and for all the myth that democracy in Sāmoa and the wider Pacific is uneventful or unsophisticated and unworthy of New Zealand attention.” — Patrick Thomsen.
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“Before I got cancer, I wanted to be an All Black or a professional athlete.” — Dr Neru Leavasa, GP and MP for Takanini in Auckland.
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“It’s the Sāmoans living outside of Sāmoa who value and hang on to the vestiges of our Pacific culture and indigenous knowledge.” — Melani Anae.
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“Are these proposed changes the gift that we wish to give to the future generation of Sāmoans?” — Moeata Keil on the controversial changes to Sāmoa’s constitution.
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“Whether we like it or not, Aotearoa is a disease gateway to the Pacific,” writes Lana Lopesi.
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“There are lots of silly excuses that people offer for why there aren’t more of us published. They say, for instance, that we don’t like to write. We aren’t storytellers. We’re not readers. But that’s ridiculous.”
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“Many of us have lost our languages through no fault of our own. Let’s remove the shame from reclaiming our languages.”
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Why do we always seem to be looking overseas for our heroines and heroes when we have so many right here at home — in our own family histories and in our hearts?
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It’s hard not to be impressed by Emeline Afeaki-Mafile’o. At 25, she started her own non-profit...
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Tusi Tamasese made quite a splash with his groundbreaking debut film The Orator — O Le Tulafale:...
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