Acknowledgements

New Zealand Government
Hon. Jan Tinetti
Minister of Education
Contribution – Foreword

Si‘ufofoga ‘o le Laumua Trust Board

Tunumafono Auimatagi Ken Ah Kuoi, Chair
Dr. Aliitasi Su‘a Tavila, Deputy Chair
Le Māmea Afelē Seuala, Secretary
Rev. Elder Malaki Muā‘i‘ava, Mafutaga Faife‘au Sāmoa
Fereni Ete
Tofa Suafole-Gush

Project Team – Development of the Content

Afamasaga Tealu Moresi, Contracts & Project Oversight
Contribution – Foreword
Murray Matuaitofiga Faivalu, Project Manager
Savelina Kasiano, Contents Manager
‘Auimatagi Talipisi Silao Kasiano, Consultant

External Advisory Panel

Rev. Elder Risatisone ‘Ete
Retired Minister & Founding Sāmoan Language Lecturer Wellington University

Mētita Va‘afusu‘aga
Former Educator, National University of Sāmoa
Former Member of Sāmoan Language Commission

Tavu’i Dr Niusila Faamanatu-Eteuati
Dean of the Faculty of Education
National University of Samoa – www.nus.edu.ws
Adjunct Research Fellow – School of Languages and Cultures
Faculty of Humanities and Social Sciences-Victoria University of Wellington, NZ.

Tunumafono Ken Ah Kuoi
Barrister & Solicitor, Former Educator at Porirua College
Education Review Officer & Former Member of F.A.G.A.S.A

Dr. Ali‘itasi Su‘a Tāvila
Senior Lecturer – Victoria University, Wellington

Sāmoa Capital Radio – Staff

Afamasaga Tealu Moresi, Chief Executive Officer
Murray Matuaitofiga Faivalu, Social Media Manager, Producer & Announcer
Savelina Kasiano, Producer & Announcer
Tufue Fiso, Programme Coordinator, Producer & Announcer
Lauano Ati Ilaoa, Producer & Announcer
Anna Fa‘asolo, Producer & Announcer
Tasi Maiava, Producer & Announcer
Tāsesa Lam Sam, Producer & Announcer in Sāmoa

Video

Mrs Eseta Tito
Nouē Maevaga

Kiwa Digital

Steven Renata, Managing Director
Ashley Riddell, Project Manager
Keegan Elliot, Designer

Funding

Pacific Education Innovation and Bilingual Immersion Resource Funds
Ministry of Education Te Tāhuhu o te Mātauranga
Hana Tusa, Pacific Lead Adviser

Content & Resources

Ministry of Education Sāmoa – 1999: ‘O le Kalama ‘o le Gagana Sāmoa:
Kasiano, ‘Auimatagi Silao. 1991. Gagana Sāmoa mō Pisikoa: Peace Corps Sāmoan Language Handbook
Sāmoan Language Handbook, Apia. November 1995: Peace Corps Training Staff.
G.B. Milner: Sāmoan Dictionary 1993.
R.W.Allardice: 1985. A Simplified Dictionary of Modern Sāmoan.
The Sāmoan Bible – ‘O le Tusi Pa‘ia ‘i le Gagana Sāmoa.
T.Chande Lutu-Drabble. Tusi Pese Fatuga Tuai a Samoa. A Songbook of popular old Songs, Photographs and Proverbs of Samoa.