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11/09/2026

11/09/2026

Press Release
From One Tree, a Vaa for Samoa’s Future

Apia, Samoa — Friday, 11 September 2026

A significant milestone in Samoa’s voyaging and cultural journey will be marked today with the blessing and naming of a traditional soatau folau, a stitch-plank sailing canoe and the first of its kind to be built in Samoa in more than a century.

The ceremony will be held at the National University of Samoa Maritime Training School, Mulinuu.

The story of the vaa began almost 25 years ago, when Aiono Dr Fanaafi shared a vision that one day, “e tau ai i tai se vaa a Le Amosa”, that one day a vaa of Le Amosa would be launched to sea. A tree was then planted at Le Amosa o Savavau Preparatory School, carrying that vision forward.

Years later, Le Tagaloa Dr Pita Pītapola challenged master builder Magele John Misky to transform that tree into a traditional soatau folau. Two years later, that vision has become a reality.

The initiative has been made possible through the partnership of Le Amosa o Savavau Preparatory School, Le Aiga Folau Samoa/Samoa Voyaging Society, and the French Pacific Fund, with support from the French Embassy for the Pacific Region and French Embassy in Samoa.

The journey has also been strengthened through a cultural and knowledge exchange with Uvea mo Futuna, bringing together traditional canoe-building knowledge, craftsmanship and shared Pacific voyaging heritage.

The project has further benefited from the generous assistance of the New Zealand High Commission, supporting the wider vision for the vaa to serve communities, schools and young people across Samoa.

More than a canoe, the soatau folau will serve as a living platform for cultural learning, youth development and traditional STEM education, connecting traditional voyaging knowledge with navigation, astronomy, engineering, environmental science and practical learning.

It also strengthens the connection between young people, the ocean and our talafatai, the enduring relationship between Samoan communities, the coastline and the sea.

The blessing and naming marks not the end of the journey, but the beginning of the vaa’s purpose.

From one tree came a vision. From that vision came a vaa for Samoa’s future.

11/09/2026

11 Setema 2026 Samoa - Ua tuua ai le malo e le tasi o toa ole maota fono o Samoa, le tofa a Tolofuaivalelei Falemoe Leiataua.
I le lata ai ile 20 tausaga ile maota, sa avea ai ma sui fofoga fetalai ile 2001-2006,
Ma tofia ai e avea ma Fofoga fetalai lona 11 ole Palemene o Samoa ile tausaga e 2006 - 2011.

Ma tofia ai e avea ma Minisita o le Kapeneta mai le 2011 – 2016, ile Matagaluega o Tina ma Tamaitai ma Aga fesootai, I lalo ole faigamalo a le HRPP.

O loo manatua pea lea tamalii i lana tautua talu ona ia tauavea le nofoa o le itumalo o Aana Alofi 2, mai sina taimi o le 1996 ma toe foi ane ai ile maota ile 2006-2016.

Ata: Nonumaimauga Lefau Iasa Numia
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11/09/2026

11 Setema 2026 Samoa - Tala tuliloa mai fusuaga, ananafi
E toatasi le alii Samoa na manuia lana fusuaga, ile paga lona tolu ole aso, ia Douglas Pati

O taaloga lea na amata ile ta o le lua ile aoauli.

Peita’i o le paga muamua, o le fusugaa a tamaitai,
Ile o Fiti ma Tuvalu

Manuamalo le tamaitai Fiti
Fusuaga lona lua,
O a alii , mai Fiti ma Ausetalia, ma manumalo ai le alii Fiti,

Paga lona tolu, o alii foi, Samoa ma Niusila,

Manumalo Samoa,

Paga lona fa, o alii, Fiti m Ausetalia, manumalo Fiti

Paga lona lima, o alii, Niusila ma Samoa manumalo Niusila,

Paga lona ono, alii Niusila ma Samoa, Manumalo Niusila

O le aso lenei fusuaga a tamaitai o le’a fusu ai le tasi o tamaitai Samoa,

E toe amata foi nei fusuaga ile 2pm.

Ma faaauau atu ai ile Aso Toonai.

10/09/2026

11 Setema 2026 Samoa - O le galulue faatasi lava lea o loo pepese mai ai matagaluega ole malo,
Ae ua leo tele atu ai le alaga a le SVSG Samoa Victim Support Group ina ua oo mai ile vaiaso faapitoa lenei ole lalolagi mo puipuiga ole p**e ile ola.

O le manu faalauaitele a le SVSG ua faaaofia atu ai aiga, o nuu, aulotu o aoga, ofisa o le malo, faalapotopotoga a le aufaasalalau, o vaega uma ma sosaiete e tautuana le mafuaaga o le amanaia e Samoa o le World Sucide Prevention Day 2026, ile aso 10 o Setema 2026.

O le mau a le SVSG, o tua atu ose soifua maumau o iai lona auaiga, o ona matua, o lona nuu ma le tala alu, ua le toe tutusa lava.
E talitonu le SVSG e le mafai ona faia na’o ia le galuega o le puipuiga poo se tagata e toatasi po se vaega fou.

E mana’omia ai ni tagata e faalogo ma o latou iloa gofie auga ma faailo, o le faaletonu ma aapa atu loa iai ma le loto, e fesootai ile fesoaosani talafeagai a’o lei aafia le soifua ole tagata.

Talanoa, fesili mose fesoaosani aua o loo iai isi tagata e le na’o oe.
E ono aafia le tagata ile popole, faanoanoa, faaletonu I lona aiga, o sauaga, o faigata i le va faaleulugalii, poo le faaleuo, o le oi i mea fai tupe , o le leai ose isi e faasoa iai, poo le nofo toatasi, tagofia o fualaau faasaina, ma isi lu’itau o le olaga, e mafai ona aafia ai le mafaufau ma le alu feto’ito’i ai faamoemoega o le tagata soifua.
E iai foi taimi, e le fia talia ai e le tagata o loo aafia, lona fia talanoa mai e nate mana’omia le fesoasoani.

O le mafuaaga tonu lea lea e faimai ai le SVSG e ao ai lava ona galulue faatasi tagata uma.

Fesili faigofie, o a mai oe, ma avatu loa iai lou taimi e faalogo ai, aua nei e faamasinoina le tagata o loo taulaga, poo lou valaau loa ole tagata e tatau ona fesoasoani ile taimi lea.

Ua faamauina e le WHO, o le p**e ile ola ose aafiaga ole soifua, sili ona taatele ile Western Pacific Region poo le tatou itulagi, e taua ai le vave ona iloa ma mulimuli i auala e togafiti vave ai.
800 7874 le laina vili fua ete valaau ai.

Ata: SVSG Samoa
Samoa Victim Support Group

10/09/2026

10 Setema 2026 - E le lua tolu pe fa mu na tupu talu mai Aukuso e oo mai nei, ua faamauina e le Pulega o Fuimu ma faalavelave tutupu faafuasei.

Ile feiloaiga a Tusitala ma le alii p**e o le FESA: Tanuvasa Oloapu Petone Mauga ile aoauli ananafi, na ia faamatala ai le mu lata mai lea faataalise atu foi iai loli vai ile lotoa o le Maota gasegase tele I Motootua

Na ia saunoa: “Ole ta o le iva ile taeao, na taunuu ai taavale ile lotoa i Motootua.

“o le potu ua avea ma potu teu ai oloa tuai, ua fai ma potu e teu ai nisi vaega o meafaigaluega.

“sa faia iai le galuega laveai ma faasaoina mai.”

O le fale lea na mu sa teu ai okesene muamua, sa iai foi ma atigifagu kesi.

O lesi mu faamauina o le nuu o Laulii, e afua mai le tafuna’I lapisi.
O masalomia o le mafuaaga foi lena o le afi ile lotoa i Motootua.

Ata: Kolopa Atonio (Radio Polynesia)

10/09/2026

10 Setema 2026 Samoa- Ua tatala ai nei taaloga o fusuaga aloaia mai motu e valu o le pasefika ua mafai ona auai mai ile Oceania Boxing Championship 2026, o loo talimalo ai le Independent Boxing Samoa Inc.

O le sauniga aloia e faia ile faletaalo numera tasi I Tuana’imato.
Ma auai atu iai taitai o le malo e amana’ia ma aloaia lenei foi laasaga faitaulia o taaloga fusuaga ile tatou itulagi.

Ma sa maua ai le avanoa e fesiligia le Susuga a To’aletai David Tua, ose alo fusu faapolofesa o Samoa o loo taulamua ai ile tapenaga o au a le atunuu.

Aemaise o le vaega talavou, ma ia saunoa ai i taualumaga o le faamoemoe o lenei vaiaso.

Ata: Indepedent Boxing Samoa 2026

09/09/2026

10 Setema 2026 Samoa - O le asiga a le Amupasa a le malo o Falani I Samoa, e le fou.

Ua faamauina e le gata ina avatu le faaoso mo le siitia o le tulaga tau aoaoga a fanau o tausi ma aooga ai ile Lotoa a le Campus of Hope, ae o le tuloaina ole pu’epu’e vave o fanau ile gagana Falani.
Ua aoaoina ai i lona ia foi vasega,

Pei foi ona aoaoina ai le gagana faa Saina i fanau lava ia o loo tausia ile lotoa.

Peita’i ole aoaoina o le gagana Falani, ole sao le tina ia Stepanie Gonzale, ua le gata ai ina aoao ile gagana ae o tu foi ma aga faa Falani.

Ma mafai ai nei e fanau ona gagana ile faaperetania, faa Saina ma le faa Falani.

Ma fafaetaia ai e le p**ega le toomaga le alii amupasa Guillaume Lemonie , I lana lagolago ile faapaaga ua faaauau ai nei, aemaise lava o avanoa faaopopo mo soifua alu I luma o fanau sauaina a Samoa.

Faapena foi ona faafetaia ia le asiasi atu a le Peresetene o le FAle Falani I Samoa, Mrs Franciois Martel I lona ia foi sao ile gagana ae ole faaa Falani I Samoa.

08/09/2026

9 Setema 2026 Samoa - Ua le toe ‘alo le Komesina o le taimi nei a le Matagaluega o leoleo, Leiataua Samuelu Afamasaga, ma lana talanoa mai ile au faasalalau, faatatau i lamatiaga ole atunuu i le ogaoga o le tulaga ua iai nei aafiaga o fualaau faasaina i Samoa.

E taua ai le vaai mamao, pei ona saunoa Leiataua:

‘’ A faatamala le aso lenei lona uiga o tupulaga ia e faia le Atunuu nei ile lumanai o tutpulaga na ui mai uma I mea ia o tupulaga na foi mai ile falepuipui ‘’

O lana molimau i le aufaasalalau, ua ave le latou faamuamua ile taua tetee atu i fualaau faasaina ona e leai se faaititia

‘’ E leo alu I lalo mariuana pe leai foi ni mariuana ole matua tele a.

"A lea ua ave le faamuamua i fualaau faasaina ole aisa.

"E tele tiute ua tatau ona fai e leoleo mo le puipuiga ole Atunuu.

"Puipui tagata e autovaa mai iinei, ae ua tele taimi alu o leoleo ona o mea ia, o mea e mafai ona fofo e nuu.

Saunoa foi Leiataua: "O mea e mafai ona fofo e Aiga e mulimuli oo ile Aoga, mulimuli foi oo ile galuega.

"Ae o mea o lae sau a, o lae sau mai totonu o Aiga, I totonu o Nuu’.

E talitonu Leiataua ile lautele ole silafia o tagata lautele ile mea e tatau ona fai,

‘’ O lona uiga e leo le agaga ole loka ma le ave ile falepuipui ae ole agaga ia faasaoina le toatele ‘’

Ata: Sui o le Matagaluega o Leoleo, ile taimi o le faalauiloa o le Lalaga le Va a le Matagaluega o Aiga ma Aga fesootai.

08/09/2026

9 Setema 2026 Samoa - O le fale lea na pupusa ane ai le asu na taape ile taeao ile lotoa o le Matagaluega o le Soifua maloloina I Motootua ile taeao, analeila, e le’o se fale fou, e le’o ni mea fou foi sa teu ai.

O fagu ma isi mea ua uma ona faaaoga, ua le toe aoga, ua fuafua e ave e tia’i.

Ole tali faatopetope ane lea ale tamaitai ofisa na tatou fesiligia ile siosiomaga o le lotoa.

Ma sa faataalise atu iai loli fuimu a le FESA, Fire Emergency Authority Pulega o mea tutupu faafuasei, ile logo na alu ane.
E le'o iloa ile taimi nei le mafuaaga o le mu ile lotoa i Motootua.

Ua molimauina le faitau masina talu ona le toe maua ni timuga mamafa, Ua matutu ma mago pa'a'a laufanua mai le la.
Ua utiuti suavai, a nuu o soifua i vai tumaoti,

Ua afua ai le tuualalo a le Radio Polynesia e faamanatu faalauaitele ile tatou atunuu, e manatua puipuiga ole saogalemu, ile vaitau lenei o le AlNino, poo mugala, ole tau matutu, ua paaa le siosiomaga, e oo lava ile palapala ua mavaevae, galala ile fia inu.

O aafiaga i afi sasao ile taimi lenei, ua ose faaetetega i le sosolo, ona o le savili o le tuaoloa o loo faaauau pea ona agiagi.

O le tupu ose mu ile lotoa o iai Maota gasegase na saunoa ia le tasi o le aufaigaluega, ose faalavelave sili ona ogaoga, pe oo ina sosolo.

Peita’i sa vave ona oo atu iai fesoasoani ma faatonutonu le sosolo.

O le fautuaga o lenei vaitau mai le Pulega o Fuimu, susuga Tanuvasa Oloapu Petone Mauga, ia faaeteete le soona fai o tafunai ma le soona togi o muli sikaleti, ma ta’inafi e mautino e fui pe’a uma gasesega I tunoa Samoa.

Ma piitia ai ele Kamupani faasalalau a le Radio Polynesia na fautuaga, ma faamanatu atu ai pea le faataua o le saogalemu,

Ma le puipuia ole soifua o lou aiga, nuu ma le atunuu, mai aafiaga ose afi e tupu talu le faatamala.

Ata: Kolopa Atonio (Radio Polynesia)