Fiame graduated with a degree in political science from Victoria University of Wellington. She is a pioneering Samoan politician and high chief (matai) who has been serving as the 7th Prime Minister ...

Unlike other U.S. national parks, the land in American Samoa is not federally owned. Instead, it is leased from local families, in keeping with the territory’s traditional land ownership by aiga, or ...

They ran up Matai Mountain, explored and then slid down. The family raised pigs and Gabe’s father, who was a Samoan chief or “matai,” prepared kalua pig — cooked in the earth. He brought ...

The watch, formally known as the Matai Tourbillon, does indeed complement the recent 360 guest's tribal-inspired and Samoan culture-celebrating ink. The word matai means "chief" or "leader" in Samoan.

When asked by the Samoa Observer about the significance of holding a matai title and the associated responsibilities, he chuckled and said, “I will learn and will get started right now. “I will make ...

Her maternal grandfather was the chief of his village in American Samoa, and her mother was the Matai, or princess. But her Family’s history of U.S. military service and leadership began with ...

The questions centred around the CHOGM and immigration Visa pathways, but one stands out - a reporter quickly jumps in to ask Peters about being a Samoan matai (chief) and tautua (service ...

Chappell, The Forgotten Mau: Anti-Navy Protest in American Samoa, 1920–1935, 69 Pac. Hist. Rev. 217, 222 (2000). Weaver, supra note 61, at 345. A.P. Lutali & William J. Stewart, A Chieftal System in ...

Tagaloatele Peggy Fairbairn-Dunlop tells Sistas, Let's Talk host Hilda Wayne about her journey to becoming a 'matai' - Samoan chief - and the restrictions still placed on women in certain areas ...