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Using “unregistered” matai titles is a violation of the law, says Deputy Secretary of Samoan Affairs
Pago Pago, AMERICAN SAMOA — As the people of American Samoa go to the polls today to vote for their faipule in the House of Representatives and for the Governor and Lt. Governor, an important issue has emerged that threatens to dismantle and delegitimize the efforts, hard work and preparations of...
Apia, SAMOA — In a press statement issued Saturday afternoon, Samoa’s Attorney General Savalenoa Mareva Betham Annandale clarifies provisions of the newly passed Lands and Titles Act 2020, stating, “the decision for both bestowal and removal of a matai remains with the family, as it should be”.
The...
Pago Pago, AMERICAN SAMOA — Sen. Tuaolo Manaia Fruean is sponsoring legislation, which seeks to amend current law on the Closing of Registration for Matai titles, calling for a three-month temporary moratorium to allow families to register valid matai titles and to allow for more than one person to...
Auckland, NEW ZEALAND — Matai titles bestowed outside Samoa without the presence and blessings of the Village Council are “lies.”
The description was offered by Prime Minister Tuilaepa Dr. Sa’ilele Malielegaoi in Auckland where he attended Waitangi Day celebration with a delegation from Samoa....
Pago Pago, AMERICAN SAMOA — The Office of the Territorial Registrar has issued a “final” notice of the increase of fees in the services it provides, effective next month, after meeting requirements under the local statute. The move to hike fees comes after it was put on hold following public...
![[l-r] Territorial Registrar, Taito S. White (who heads the Office of the Territorial Registrar); Assistant Attorney General, Andrew Sunia, who is the legal counsel for the TerritorialRegistrar’s Office, and Attorney General Talauega Eleasalo V. Ale](https://samoanews.com/sites/default/files/styles/teaser/public/field/image/matai_registration.jpg?itok=juG8bL6Q "[l-r] Territorial Registrar, Taito S. White (who heads the Office of the Territorial Registrar); Assistant Attorney General, Andrew Sunia, who is the legal counsel for the Territorial Registrar’s Office, and Attorney General Talauega Eleasalo V. Ale during a Senate Government Operations Committee hearing last Friday morning. [photo: FS]")
Pago Pago, AMERICAN SAMOA — E ui e le i aloaia fa’aletulafono fuafuaga a le Ofisa o le Lesitala mo le siitia lea o totogi o a latou tautua, aemaise lava i le lesitalaina o suafa matai, peita’i ua mae’a ona taoto atu i ai se fautuaga mai afioga i Senatoa i se iloiloga sa fa’ataunu’uina i le vaiaso...