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Vitoria Faasoo plays kirikiti

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Vitoria Faasoo plays kirikiti

Samoans have made a huge impact on New Zealand sport, and many leading rugby and netball players have a Samoan background. Yet traditional Samoan games such as Samoan cricket (kirikiti) are also played in New Zealand. Here, Vitoria Faasoo, from Porirua, takes a mighty swipe at the ball.

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Alexander Turnbull Library, Dominion Post Collection (PA-Group-00685)

Reference: EP-Ethnology-Polynesian-03

by Ray Pigney

Permission of the Alexander Turnbull Library, National Library of New Zealand, Te Puna Mātauranga o Aotearoa, must be obtained before any re-use of this image.

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Lupematasila Melani Anae, Samoans – Culture and identity, Te Ara – the Encyclopedia of New Zealand, https://teara.govt.nz/en/photograph/1628/vitoria-faasoo-plays-kirikiti (accessed 10 June 2026).

Story by Lupematasila Melani Anae, published 13 September 2022, reviewed and revised 7 September 2022 with assistance from Lupematasila Melani Anae.