This poor dog is so sick. I’m sad to say but I think he needs to be euthanised. I’m a palangi so I’m unsure what I can do to help it as I’m fairly new to Samoa. I have been giving him scraps of food when I see him but he needs more than food 😔

It's a bit of a unusual request but I have a faint memory of a samoa TV presenter who did a cover of a pei se vaitafe after his friend died. Im not sure if i lost my mind but i swear it's the best cover of the song lmao.

Talofa lava, my husband and I are moving to Apia for work from early 2027. We have been trying for a baby for the past 8 months and I sadly have had some early miscarriages, and so instead of moving to Samoa with a wee one as planned, it's possible I might get pregnant while in Samoa.

Is anyone able to share any details about what medical care is available for pregnancy in Apia? Are there private clinics where you can get 8 week, 12 week and 20 week ultrasounds and other antenatal care? I'm assuming I'll need to return to NZ for key milestones and more complex care and will also return home to deliver with family nearby but just wanting to get a sense of what I can expect.

Just interested in more information about this. I think they were there in the late 70's.

I was planning a booking a trip to visit the National Park in the American Samoa. The day time difference is throwing me for a loop. If I book a flight with Talofa (using today's date) would I schedule APW->PPG 0800 21/07/2026 and the return flight PPG->APW 1600 20/07/2026?

📍 Rokos Restaurant Samoa, Moto’otua.
Love going to Rokos when I’m back in Samoa, the view is beautiful, the food delicious 🤤 and the service 100/10

My friend told me me about the word kef* and that people have died for saying it, but I searched it up and it just means fuckface I don’t get it why is it considered so offensive?

For those of us with the straight up Polynesian hair - curly/wavy, thick, doesn’t get wet easily - what products are we using? Anything from shampoo to conditioner, leave in, gel, oil, etc so that it’s soft as possible/healthy looking and not dry

Hi all, please educate and share your knowledge around what tourism in Samoa is like?
Having been to Asia, Samoa seems v underdeveloped when it comes to tourist ventures- not in a bad way, just an obvious gap - almost untouched.

I’ll be fishing in Fiji on an upcoming trip. I’m a total newbie to all of this, so I'm looking for some advice will these lures work for casting from shore?

I’ll be using a 5 piece, 11 foot medium heavy rod that can cast 3–6 oz lures. I have an SP Minnow up at the top for scale.

Thanks! :)

Like are there some things that are super expensive to buy in Samoa but is cheap in Australia?

But also things that are needed in general?

I’m a 23F Samoan and the older I get the more I feel pressured into finding a significant other. The problem is that I really enjoy being single. I’ve never had a romantic relationship and I have no desire for it.
Nearly all my friends who are the same age as me are either now married or have kids. I hear horror stories all the time from friends and their relationships and it makes me extremely grateful that I am not going through it. Is it really worth it? Sure there are times that I feel lonely, but nothing beats the peace that I feel when it’s just me in my own little world with no one disturbing me.

Sadly, my parents don’t understand me. Which is typical of traditional Samoan parents. They just can’t get around the fact that a women who is 23 is still not married with kids. I’m living a life which is the complete opposite of what was normal to them growing up. My great-grandmother had kids young with different men, so did both my grandmothers on my paternal and maternal side. My parents also had 3 kids by the time they were my age. I love my parents, but I don’t want to live a life that I am not 100% committed to.

I love kids and I always imagined myself getting married when I was a little girl, but now I genuinely do not see myself having either. Who knows? Maybe I’ll regret it in the future. I can only stay true to myself in the present. I just wanted to vent on here cause I truly have no one to share this with.

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Just something funny I saw while scrolling tik tok and of course the samoans are in the comment section 😂

https://vt.tiktok.com/ZSCn8B3G6/

Hello all!

First thing's first, thank you for taking the time to read this. I am looking for recipes from all over the world as it is one of my favorite things about traveling and I love bringing the world's food to my own kitchen.

While I understand I could "just simply Google recipes" and probably find some, I wanted to directly ask the Samoa community (either still on Samoa or a diaspora) about any recipes they have. Food, drink, etc. So if you have anything at all you'd like to share, it would be greatly appreciated! I'm looking for stuff that was either made in Samoa or came from overseas and had a twist added to it from the islands; IE something you'd actually find in Samoa and not in those Polynesian restaurants you'd find in the states where half the food isn't Polynesian based at all but eastern Asian based and they just called it "Polynesian" to give it a new exotic flair.

Anything at all is greatly appreciated, whether you have a recipe yourself or you can link one or provide information to where I could find authentic recipes. Thank you so much for taking your time to read this and thank you to anyone who can provide some recipe examples.

I hope you all have a great day today.

My grandmother (now passed) was from Samoa and each year made this great polynesian rib recipe.

Supposedly she would boil them first to tender them up for an hour or so then marinade them in like a gallon of soy sauce with a teaspoon of brown sugar and maybe a half cup of water. This is how grandpa remembers it too (he was not from there). Then grandpa would finish them on the grill the next day, spooning some marinade over as they cooked.

As I have gotten older, I know a bit more about cooking and this much undiluted soy sauce seems almost guaranteed to fully cure and ruin the ribs in an overnight marinade.

Anyone familiar...can you help me get this recipe right with these basic ingredients?

My family and I are coming to Samoa next week and I was trying to look into fishing and couldn’t find much online. Is there any good charters or anyone who can help with potentially hiring gear and land fishing. Any help appreciated, fa’afetai lava

I often have tried to spark convo's around things like home ownership, entrepreneurship, financial literacy etc etc, and usually met with at best indifference/awkwardness , and at worst hostility.

To a lesser degree, I have also experienced the same when it comes to discussing traveling/broadening horizons and health and fitness, all though it is easier to get a positive reaction.

Idk what it is really. The reaction is generally the same, whether I'm talking to a Samoan from Vaiala or a Samoan from Mangere. Why do our people seem to get so weird around any upward trajectory or mobility type of conversations ? I don't get it. The typical response is "it's the culture" , but there's nothing in the Fa'asamoa that says we aren't allowed to talk about these things lol 😂

I often get told "don't talk about those things" , "that's Palagi talk" or "sole thats mimika/malovale" or "be happy with what you have" or "maimau le kaimi stop taking about goals and just do it" (which I agree action speaks louder than words, but you have to initally conversate to plan how to tackle the goals to begin with smh)

I don't bring these kind of topics up to try and one up people, it's just a natural inclination of mine. I'm curious to see how far we could go. I'm aware that nobody is obliged to find what I find interesting or even to engage with me, which is fine, but why the backlash lol ?

It's funny, because when I hear Palagi or Indian people have these conversations, none of them are trying to minimize one another or pivot the topic, if anything, it's normal everyday casual talk for them.

It's a bit easier to talk to young urbanized gen Z Samoans (rather than Samoans over 30) about long term goal setting, but even then, it still has it's challenges.

Why are we like this ? Is it not ok to be brown and ambitious ?

Just sharing.

Happening today in Australia from 2pm. This is also for assistance/warning to those unfortunately going through DV 🥺 situations.

Talofa lava! I was a Peace Corps Volunteer in Samoa in 1993-1994, teaching math and science at Vaipouli College on Savaii. I haven’t been back for thirty years, but I have a trip planned for the last week of July.

I’ve been assuming that other than the two hotels I have booked, I’m going to need cash for everything else — that is, a faleoloa won’t take credit cards. Am I right about that? Sort of the same question about cell phone service; I’m assuming it’ll be pretty unreliable everywhere but maybe in Apia, but if I’m wrong about that I’d love to know.

And then, what should I see to get a sense of what’s changed in thirty years? I don’t have any big plans, just two days in and around Apia, probably walk up Mt Vaea for the view, and then two days on Savai’i. But is there anything you’d recommend?

I’d like to extract everyone’s thoughts on this subject please.

When a Sāmoan person marries a palagi more specifically, there’s a slight hidden agenda especially from the Sāmoan partner. Example such as weaponising their “palagi” surname to get places if you get my drift. I’ve seen this both exist in males and females, not all, but a select few who know exactly what they’re doing. Another example is when that Sāmoan partner unconsciously influences their siblings to match their energy and mirror the same behaviour towards their own palagi partners, or worse, judge their Sāmoan partners (if not married to a palagi) for not being like their sister/brother because they’re married to palagi’s.

I’m looking at getting into fire knife dancing, I currently live in the USA. I have practice knives, but am trying to figure out where I can get real ones. Anyone have any ideas? Fa’afetai lava!

Heading back in a couple of weeks. Can't wait...

US Diplomat's experience in Samoa.