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Wellington, NEW ZEALAND — A Samoan grandmother living illegally in New Zealand for 31 years has been granted residency.
South Auckland Sunday School teacher Lesa Matagitau, 53, was last year served a deportation order and was terrified at the thought of going back to Samoa where she has no...

![Lena Matagitau (right) who with the help from a lawyer (left) has been given NZ residency after Immigration was going to deport her as an over-stayer. [photo: Dean Purcell]](https://samoanews.com/sites/default/files/styles/teaser/public/field/image/screen_shot_2018-05-27_at_8.36.53_am.png?itok=3_HBPDsf)