Story: Samoans

Jemaima Tiatia and Suresa Gavet

Jemaima Tiatia and Suresa Gavet

Many young Samoans face a conflict between the strict traditional values of respect for elders and church and their more liberal experiences in New Zealand. In Caught between cultures: a New Zealand-born Pacific Island perspective (1988), Jemaima Tiatia, a 24-year-old Auckland university student, wrote of this conflict after talking to 20 New Zealand-born Pacific Islanders. Here she shares a joke with her grandmother, Suresa Gavet.

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Lupematasila Melani Anae, 'Samoans - New Zealand-born identity', Te Ara - the Encyclopedia of New Zealand, http://www.TeAra.govt.nz/en/artwork/1577/jemaima-tiatia-and-suresa-gavet (accessed 19 March 2024)

Story by Lupematasila Melani Anae, published 8 Feb 2005, reviewed & revised 7 Sep 2022 with assistance from  Lupematasila Melani Anae