New Zealanders are being encouraged to embrace Samoan Language Week (31st May to 5th June) and learn a few words and phrases as part of our country’s growing diversity, says Minister of Pacific Island ...

Mary Afemata is one of many New Zealand-born Samoans learning gagana Samoa. Photo / Julie Zhu It’s Samoan Language Week in Aotearoa but for me, every week is Samoan language week. English is my first ...

There's concern being expressed about the survival of the Samoan language, as more young people choose to speak English. In his recent Independence Day address, Samoa's Head of State Tui Atua Tupua ...

Five people who have pioneered the teaching and promotion of the Samoan language in New Zealand over the past four decades were honoured this weekend as the inaugural "Samoan Language Champions: ...