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Malietoa Tanumafili II, the O le Ao o le Malo (head of state) of Samoa and paramount chief of the Malietoa lineage, died on 11 May 2007 in Apia at the age of 94. At the time of his death, he was the oldest incumbent state leader and head of state for over 45 years, having been appointed for life to the post when Samoa gained independence in 1962. [1]
Malietoa Tanumafili II GCMG CBE (4 January 1913 – 11 May 2007) was a Samoan paramount chief who was O le Ao o le Malo (head of state) of Samoa from its independence in 1962, and the holder of the Malietoa maximal lineage title from 1940, until his death in 2007. After becoming the Malietoa, he worked as a civil servant and parliamentarian.
A majority of New Zealanders of Samoan ethnicity today are New Zealand-born. [2] At the 2013 census, 62.7 percent of Samoan New Zealanders were born in New Zealand. Of the overseas-born population, 84 percent had been living in New Zealand for at least five years, and 48 percent had been living in New Zealand for at least 20 years. [13]
Folole Muliaga (c. 1963 – 29 May 2007) was a Samoan schoolteacher living in Māngere, Auckland, New Zealand.She was terminally ill with obesity-related heart and lung disease [2] and using a home oxygen machine.
Luagalau Levaula Kamu (died 16 July 1999) was a Samoan lawyer and Cabinet Minister. His 1999 assassination was the first political assassination in Samoa since independence in 1962. [1] Kamu trained as a lawyer in New Zealand, at Victoria University of Wellington and the University of Auckland. [1]
Papali'itele Peter Momoe Fatialofa MNZM (Samoan: Pita Fatialofa) (26 April 1959 – 6 November 2013) was a Samoan rugby player [3] who captained Samoa in their first Rugby World Cup appearance in 1991. He was among the first of the New Zealand–based players to represent Samoa. He was nicknamed Fats.
Gravestone inscription in the Samoan language of Laʻulu Fetauimalemau Mata'afa. The awards that followed as recognition of her many and varied roles included an Honorary LL.D from Victoria University, New Zealand in 1976 for outstanding services to education in the Pacific as well as outstanding services on behalf of and for women.
Henry Smith (16 March 1955 – 14 March 2020) was a New Zealand-Samoan athlete. [ 1 ] [ 2 ] He competed in the men's discus throw at the 1984 Summer Olympics and the 1988 Summer Olympics . [ 3 ]