Sadat Muaiava

Victoria University of Wellington, School of Languages and Cultures, Faculty Member

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I have a PhD in Pacific Studies (2020) from Victoria University of Wellington (VUW). My PhD is a text-based examination of changes to the Samoan language (1906-2014). My MA, also in Pacific Studies, examined the feagaiga (covenant) and tagata'ese (stranger) experiences of Samoan pastors children in New Zealand. I currently teach in the Samoan Studies programme in the School of Languages and Cultures at VUW since 2012.
Supervisors: Professor John Macalister, Associate Professor Tamasailau Suaalii-Sauni, Associate Professor Teresia K. Teaiwa, and Galumalemana Alfred Hunkin

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Fa'atagata'esea i Nu'u 'Ese: Samoan Faife'au Kids as Tagata'ese and Alo o Faafeagaiga in New Zealand

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Review of The Orator/O Le Tulafale [feature film]

'O LI'ILI'I 'O LISEGA 'O LE FANAA'E Missionary and government influences on Samoan language change 1906-2014

The arrival of the missionaries and foreign administrations 1 in Sāmoa in 1830 and 1900, respecti... more The arrival of the missionaries and foreign administrations 1 in Sāmoa in 1830 and 1900, respectively, initiated a surge in the integration of foreign types (words) in the gagana Sāmoa (Samoan language). To date, research regarding changes to the gagana as a result of this contact has largely been observational (Pratt . While these studies are valuable, this study seeks to enhance current research through a systematic and empirical examination of changes to the gagana. As a result, this research is guided by three research questions: 1. What can a diachronic analysis of the lexicons of lāuga fa'amatai and lāuga fa'alelotu tell us about language change in gagana Sāmoa since the arrival of the missionaries in 1830? 2. What has been the nature of language contact between lāuga fa'amatai and lāuga fa'alelotu? 3. To what extent can changes in the gagana Sāmoa be attributed to social change? Fa'afaletui and Corpus methodologies were used. The Fa'afaletui methodology is a Samoan methodology used to obtain the perceptions of insider informants about changes to the gagana.

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Tatau and Alagaupu: a lineage of charting and continuation

A history of Samoan tattooing, 2018

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The Orator/O Le Tulafale (review

The Contemporary Pacific, Volume 24, Number 2, , 2012

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The Samoan parsonage family: The concepts of feagaiga and tagata'ese

Journal of New Zealand & Pacific Studies, 2015

Contact between the indigenous peoples of the Pacific and the western world has had immense socio... more Contact between the indigenous peoples of the Pacific and the western world has had immense sociocultural and linguistic impacts on indigenous communities. Perhaps the major source of sociocultural and linguistic impact in the Pacific can be attributed to the arrival of Christianity. This is certainly the case for Samoa. The fusion between fa'asamoa (Samoan culture) and the lotu (church) is evidence of Christianity's profound impact. The fusion is also evidence of the Samoan people's unequivocal stance for cultural safeguarding. As missionaries sought to eradicate much of the Samoan beliefs system, the Samoan leaders at the time were content to construct the new doctrine around the fa'asamoa. The highest class in the church is the faife'au (church pastor). A decade after continued missionary work in Samoa, the faife'au and his family were introduced by the missionaries, once they had deemed that the Samoan church was fit for self-governance. Today, both in Samoa and overseas, the church is structured around the Samoan indigenous political order. To some degree, the faife'au was also bestowed the highest of honorific status in Samoa. Yet the Samoan parsonage family is unique in the Samoan class structure. The aim of this article is to discuss this uniqueness by examining the feagaiga (covenant) and tagata'ese (stranger) experiences of the Samoan parsonage family. Both the feagaiga and tagata'ese concepts are fused entities that have been constructed by both the fa'asamoa and lotu. The Samoan parsonage family has been neglected in both the Pacific mainstream and theological literatures until now. KEYWORDS fa'asamoa (Samoan culture) Christianity lotu (religion) faife'au (church pastor) feagaiga (covenant) osiga feagaiga (ceremony of sealing of the covenant) tagata'ese (stranger) tuagane (brother) tuafafine (sister)

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The Feagaiga and Faife'au 'Kids' (FKs): An Examination of the Experiences of Parsonage Children of the Samoan Congregational Denomination in New Zealand

Journal of Pastoral Care and Counselling, 2017

This article examines the experiences of faife'au 'kids' (clergy children) of the Samoan Congrega... more This article examines the experiences of faife'au 'kids' (clergy children) of the Samoan Congregational Christian Church denomination in New Zealand. The paper investigates the effects the indigenous concept of feagaiga (covenant) has on faife'au kids (FKs) parsonage experiences. Additionally, the Eurocentric concept of 'tagata'ese' (stranger) is also investigated. As part of a master's research study, Talanoa sessions were conducted with eight FKs of the Congregational denomination in New Zealand. Participants were mainly from the Wellington and Auckland regions.

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Fa'atagata'esea i Nu'u 'Ese: Samoan Faife'au Kids as Tagata'ese and Alo o Faafeagaiga in New Zealand

ABSTRACT

Review of The Orator/O Le Tulafale [feature film]