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dc.contributor.authorTominiko, Falaniko
dc.contributor.authorAnae, M.
dc.contributor.authorFetui, V.
dc.contributor.authorLima, I.
dc.date.accessioned2017-07-13T17:41:56Z
dc.date.available2017-07-13T17:41:56Z
dc.date.issued2016
dc.identifier.urihttps://hdl.handle.net/10652/3853
dc.description.abstractThe matai and the fanua are explicitly interconnected. The matai not only get their mandate to rule from their aiga, but also from the land to which their aiga and title belong. At the bestowal of their matai title, the new recipient inherits not only a name, but also the land on which their maota or laoa stands. This land becomes their official residence. The adjacent and connecting lands becomes their domain, over which they have complete authority. They command the land and adjoining sea to be farmed and fished, and in times of drought and food shortage, they place tapu over the land, forbidding the consumption of crops and resources allowing it to be replenished. From the day of their bestowal, the matai resides on his/her land, and upon their death, their body returns to the land. The matai is therefore one with the land and vice versa. The above paragraph describes a relationship and a connection between the matai and the land that is strong and harmonious, however the reality is that in today’s world, that connection between the matai and the land as strong as we expect it to be. The primary objective of this paper is to examine whether the transnational Samoan matai still has a connection with customary and family land back in Samoa, and whether such connection eventually leads to a permanent return to the homeland for the transnational matai. According to the popular Samoan saying, “E lele le toloa, ae ma’au lava I le vai” - A wild duck may fly away, but will always return to its habitat, the swamp – alluding to the ideal that when Samoans leave the homeland, they usually return at some later point in time. This paper asks whether transnational matai actually return to the homeland, hence thesubtitle, “Does the Toloa still return to the water?” To what extent are Samoan matai living away from the homeland returning to reconnect with their lands, villages and homeland?en_NZ
dc.language.isoenen_NZ
dc.rightsAll rights reserveden_NZ
dc.subjectSamoan diaspora in New Zealanden_NZ
dc.subjectmataien_NZ
dc.subjectrepatriationen_NZ
dc.subjectPasifikaen_NZ
dc.subjectfanuaen_NZ
dc.titleThe transnational matai and the foreign homeland : does the Toloa still return to the water?en_NZ
dc.typeConference Contribution - Paper in Published Proceedingsen_NZ
dc.date.updated2017-05-10T05:38:35Z
dc.rights.holderAuthorsen_NZ
dc.subject.marsden200210 Pacific Cultural Studiesen_NZ
dc.subject.marsden200208 Migrant Cultural Studiesen_NZ
dc.identifier.bibliographicCitationTominiko, F., Anae, M., Fetui, V., & Lima, I. (2016, Nov). The transnational matai and the foreign homeland: Does the Toloa still return to the water? (Ed.), Measina a Sāmoa Fonotaga lona Fitu = 7th Measina Sāmoa Conference Proceedings. National University of Samoaen_NZ
unitec.conference.titleNational University of Samoa Measina Conference Proceedingsen_NZ
unitec.conference.orgNational University of Samoaen_NZ
unitec.conference.locationNUS Fale Samoaen_NZ
unitec.conference.sdate2016-11-15
unitec.conference.edate2016-11-17
unitec.peerreviewedyesen_NZ
dc.contributor.affiliationUnitec Institute of Technologyen_NZ
dc.contributor.affiliationUniversity of Aucklanden_NZ
unitec.identifier.roms60161en_NZ
unitec.institution.studyareaCommunity Development


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