Sa’ili Mālō - Seeking a Better Life
Stories in the Samoan language told by early settlers who came to Aotearoa to seek opportunities & a better life for their families.
Episodes
Tala left Samoa in 1950 and is now 90 years old, having resided in New Zealand for 70 years. She has been a trailblazer in the Pacific community.
Samoan
"E leai se nofoaga e tutusa ma lou aiga."
Na tu'ua e Tala Samoa i le Tausaga e 1950. Ua 90 tausaga le matua o lona soifua ma ua 70 tausaga talu ona aumau i Niu Sila. O se tagata e sogasogā ma sa'ili mālō mo le Pasefika. Sa galue faafaipule i le Puleganu'u ...
Aliota left Samoa in 1966 to help his family in Samoa. He was ambitious & arrived with a strong work ethic which led him to running his own business, work at a bank & the Wellington City Council.
Samoan
"Faapea lava a'u e lē ola se vao i Niu Sila"
Sa tu'ua Samoa e Aliota (Harry) Tauafiafi mo Niu Sila i le 1966. Sa malaga mai i le va'a o le MV Tofua ma sa mafai ona maua taumafa mai le umukuka ao malaga le va&#...
Masunu Tuisila arrived in New Zealand as a youth, making the journey by air with his grandmother & sister via American Samoa & Fiji before arriving in Auckland during Christmas of 1972.
Samoan
"O taimi o Dawn Raids e lē o se vaega fiafia o lo'u soifuaga."
Na taunu'u mai Masunu Tuisila i Niu Sila a o faato'ā 17 tausaga lona talavou. Ma malaga mai i luga o le ea ma le tinā o lona tinā ma lona tuafafine ma sa u...
Dr Ali'itasi Su'a Fuimaono Tavila grew up in Samoa but was only 14 years-old when she moved to New Zealand in 1975 after winning a scholarship to attend a New Zealand school.
Samoan
"E ui ina tele taimi sa tauivi ai ma meaa'oga, ae ua tauia lo'u tautigā."
E faatāua e Dr Ali'itasi Su'a Fuimaono Tavila le a'oga. O lona talitonuga mau, e taunu'u miti a tagata pe a maualuga le soifua a'oa'...
Fereni Pepe Ete QSM established the first A'oga Amata at the EFKS church in Newtown in 1985 making a huge contribution to the preschool where the Samoan language was being taught.
Samoan
"E tāua tele le a'oa'oina o fanau a Samoa i la latou lava gagana."
Sa faavae e Fereni Pepe Ete QSM le A'oga Amata muamua i Niu Sila i le 1985 i le EFKS i Newtown. E telē lona sao mo A'oga Amata. O lana mau "E tāu...
Taesega never thought about leaving Samoa but in 1958 an aunty asked her to accompany her on the long sea voyage to New Zealand. Taesega didn't have the money, so she borrowed £40 to pay her fare.
Samoan
"E leai ma sona manatu na te tu'ua Samoa a o laitiiti."
Na fanau Taesega Elisala-Sidler i Samoa, i le aso 25 July 1930. Ina maliliu ona mātua i le 9 o ona tausaga sa tausi ia e le uso o lona tamā. E leai ma sona mana...
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