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Typical Vaʻa with outrigger for fishing, Savai'i Island, Samoa. A main hull of a vaʻa can be made in one piece, from a hollowed out trunk of a large tree with the ama float attached later. Other types of Polynesian construction include 'sewing' planks of wood together with special cords and ropes, a type of hand made sennit , important in the ...
General elections were held in Samoa on 4 March 2011, to determine the composition of the 15th Parliament.Two parties contested the election, the ruling Human Rights Protection Party (HRPP), which had been in power for most of the time since 1982, led by Prime Minister Tuilaʻepa Saʻilele Malielegaoi and the newly founded Tautua Samoa Party (TSP) led by Vaʻai Papu Vailupe, which several ...
Due to the passage of Universal Suffrage in the 1990 referendum, the 1991 general election was the first since Western Samoa's independence in which all non-Matai aged 21 and older had the right to vote. [9] Voters could elect to enrol in a constituency rather than the one where they reside by right of significant family ties or matai titles. [10]
On 29 January, the party revealed that it had begun talks with the Tautua Samoa Party to form a "grand coalition" to oust the government. [22] Preliminary results from the 2021 election showed the party winning 25 seats in parliament. [23] Independent MP Tuala Iosefo Ponifasio later joined the FAST Party, bringing their total to 26.
Members of the Legislative Assembly of Samoa were elected on 9 April 2021.According to preliminary results, the 51 members consisted of 25 representatives of Fa'atuatua i le Atua Samoa ua Tasi (FAST), 25 from the Human Rights Protection Party (HRPP), one from the Tautua Samoa Party and one independent.
Vaifanua County is a county in the Eastern District in American Samoa. [1] [2] [3] Vaifanua and Sua counties are both ruled by the Le’iato family, one branch of which lives in Fagaitua, the principal place of Sua County. Another lives in Sa'ilele near Aoa, which is the principal place of Vaifanua County. These two Le’iato family branches ...
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The Bill [19] would repeal the existing Land and Titles Act 1981 and replace it with a new regime. The Land and Titles Court would be retained, but appeals to the Supreme Court of Samoa and Court of Appeal of Samoa would be forbidden, instead being handled by a new "Land and Titles High Court" and "Land and Titles Court of Appeal and Review". [20]