Pemita nofo mau mo Samoa

Mana (Auckland), Volume 1, Issue 4, 18 August 1977, Page 3

Pemita nofo mau mo Samoa

O tagata Samoa o lo’o fou sauni mai mo Niu Sila nei i le pemita 6 masina, fa’atasi ai ma i latou e le’i atoa le 6 masina talu ona taunu’u mai, o le a le a’afia i aiaila sa sau ai, E ulufale mai i Niu Sila i le pemita 6 masina, po’o le pemita fa’aauau mo le nonofo. (Continuing Residents). O tagata a nu’u o Samoa i Sisifo sa ulufale mai i totonu o Niu Sila i le pemita fa’aauau mo le nofo i totonu o le atunu’u, sa masani ona fa’atali se’i mae’a le 5 tausaga muamua, ona fa’atoa mafai lea ona talosaga mo se pemita nofo mau, po’o le fia avea ma tagata a nu’u o Niu Sila. I lalo o le tulafono fou ua pasia a le malo o Niu Sila, mo le mata-galuega o

femalagaina, ua soloia ai ma le toe fa'aaogaina faiga na sau ai muamua. O i latou la ia pei ona ta’ua i luga, e o lo’o sauni mai fa’atasi ai ma i latou e le’i atoa lo latou ta’i 6 masina, o latou ia ua nonofo mau po’o le a sauni o mai enonofo mau. Afai o le a talosaga se tasi i Samoa e fia ulufale mai i Niu Sila o le a le toe talosaga mo le 6 masina a’o le pemita nolo mau. O le ’ese’esega i nei pemita e lua, ona o le na ulufale mai i le pemita 6 masina, e ao ona lipoti i le matagaluega o femalagaiga i tausaga ’uma, ma fa’ailoa le mea o e nofo ai, o fea o e faigaluega ai, ma isi itu fa’apena. ‘A’ole pemita nofo mau, e le toe iai ni feuia’iga fa’apea e toe

fai aua e mafai ona fa’a aoga fa’a le tulafono lea pemita i se tai mi tusa ma le 5 tausaga. A ’uma le 5 tausaga, ona mafai lea ona e talosaga, e avea a i ma tagata a nu’u o Niu Sila pe a e mana’o ai. Fai mai le susuga a Mr Harper, le Komesina o Niu Sila i Samoa, “O lenei suiga fou ua iai le tulafono mo tagata femalaga’i mai Samoa i Sisifo ma ulufale i totonu o Niu Sila, ose suiga ua leva ona tatau na na fa’atino, aua o le faiga lea o lo’o alu a’i tagata mai isi atunu’u o lo’o ulufale mai i totonu o Niu Sila. O Samoa e ’ese mai ai, ona o tagata a nu’u o Samoa I Sisifo e ulufale i totonu o Niu Sila, sa puipuia i le tulafono ma se maliliega na sainia i le va o malo e lua i tausaga e 1935. Ua soloia nei la le faiga lea pei ona sa sau ai, a ua o mai nei ma le mautinoa e nofo mau, o le a le toe iai lea gaosa pei ona sa iai i ia tausaga e tele ua te’a.

A number of contributions from Samoan students have been received since Mana published the “log in the ocean” article in July. The other contributions have portrayed similar experiences of loneliness and despair felt by many Pacific Island students studying in New Zealand while separated from their family and their familiar lifestyles. Mana is happy to provide the outlet for these students to express their feelings in written form, feelings that may otherwise have been built up within the students concerned. We hope that other people wanting to express their experiences in adapting to a different lifestyle here in New Zealand, will also write to Mana which is a mouthpiece and reflection of Maori and other Polynesian viewpoints.