“Receiving my Matai title is an honour that goes beyond words,” Taupau told Confidential. Rugby League player Martin Taupau goes through the ceremony to become a Samoan chief or saofaʻi.

Fiamē Naomi Mataʻafa, the first woman prime minister of Samoa and honorable guest, visited Auburn and was hosted by Adventist ...

In Samoan culture, the Ula Fala is worn by those who preside as chiefs (Matai, Ali'i, and Tulafale) in their families/tribes, made of the dried Pandanus fruit growing in the Pacific islands.

Victoria University academic Dr Iati Iati says the New Zealand Foreign Minister needed "to be a bit more humble" in deadling ...

TVNZ and Whakaata Māori are partnering to bring New Zealand’s largest Māori performing arts festival, Te Matatini o Te Kāhui ...

The Chinese embassy in Apia made an initial donation amid Manawanui compensation talks, and a spokesperson for Safata ...

WELLINGTON, New Zealand (AP) — Samoa’s top health official on Monday denounced as “a complete lie” remarks that Robert F. Kennedy Jr. made during his bid to become U.S. health secretary ...

Kennedy Jr. before he left the the 57th Independence Celebration in Mulinu'u, Samoa, on June 1, 2019. At foreground left is Kennedy's wife, actress Cheryl Hines. Kennedy said the trip was arranged ...