Books

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The Samoans: A Global Family

The beauty of this Samoan proverb poetically describes The Samoans: A Global Family. From the tea estates of Sri Lanka to the deserts of the Sudan, from the Himalayas of Bhutan to… [+]

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So Far the World

Tavaʻe Raioaoa

When his boat engine failed him in March 2002, Tahitian fisherman Tavaʻe Raioaoa was cast adrift in the currents and winds of the Pacific Ocean. He travelled over 1,200 kilometres… [+]

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So Many Islands

Edited by Nicholas Laughlin with Nailah Folami Imoja So Many Islands brings together stories from the distant shores of the island communities in the Caribbean, Mediterranean, Ind… [+]

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Taranga

Reina Kahukiwa

Taranga is the mother of Māui, a great cultural hero in the Māori creation narrative. Here Reina Kahukiwa recounts the birth of Māui seen through the eyes of Taranga. Inā te ātaa… [+]

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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… [+]

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Visiting Grandma

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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where we once belonged

Sia Figiel

Winner of the 1997 Asia/Pacific Commonwealth Writer’s Prize for fiction. In Where We Once Belonged Sia Figiel uses the storytelling traditions of Samoa to weave together experience… [+]

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The Wreck

Déwé Gorodé

Young Léna's quest is to gain an awareness of a repressed childhood trauma. It is, she says, like the excitement of a detective sensing he's about to uncover the clue that will ope… [+]