Avikaila Sopoitulagi Tilialo

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Avikaila Sopoitulagi Tilialo is a primary school teacher in South Auckland, New Zealand teaching bilingual Sāmoan. A fluent speaker of gagana Sāmoa (Sāmoan language), she has also taught for a number of years in Sāmoa.

 

 

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Āsiasiga iā Tinā

Jane Vaʻafusuaga

A children's picture book about a Sāmoan family set in New Zealand from the perspective of a palagi girl. A normal event in one culture may seem unusual to another culture. When pa… [+]

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A Gift For Ana

Jane Vaʻafusuaga

That first night in Sāmoa, Ana slept next to her grandmother on an old bed with sheets that smelled of mothballs. Now it was morning and as she opened her eyes, Ana saw that the ot… [+]

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O le Meaālofa mo Ana

Jane Vaʻafusuaga

O le pō muamua i Sāmoa, na momoe ai Ana ma lona tinā matua i luga o se moega tuāi lava, ma ʻaʻāfu i ni ʻieʻafu namu atigi mogamoga. Ua malama le taeao, ma e ala aʻe Ana, ua leai se… [+]

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Uncle Tino

Jane Vaʻafusuaga

James and Jessie are embarrassed by Uncle Tino’s old car and the way he honks the horn so loudly when he drives them to school. But when the Sāmoan culture group needs help to prep… [+]