Samoan Language Week 2022 - Sunday 29 May – Saturday 04 June 2022
Fa’aauau le Folauga i le Va’a o Tautai - Continue the Voyage with Competent Wayfinders of the Ocean
Le Vaiaso o le Gagana Samoa is an ideal opportunity to engage with aiga (family) in your community, acknowledge expertise, encourage a steady flow of Gagana Samoa speakers into your study and work space, and let the community guide the teaching and learning in a fa‘asamoa way – a Samoan approach.
Le Vaiaso of le Gagana Samoa 2022 coincides with the 60th anniversary of Samoa Independence.
Find information about le Vaiaso o le Gagana Samoa and related events on the Ministry for Pacific Peoples website, or on the website of your local city library.
Ministry for Pacific Peoples website
Try incorporating some of these common phrases in Samoan in your next conversation:
Click on the words below to hear how they are pronounced.
Samoan learner success
At the end of 2021, we had a total of 1, 386 learners of Samoan descent.
Meet one of our graduates - Miriama Okesene - who comes from the Samoan villages Faleasiu, Fogapoa, Safata and Saleaumua and has Niuean heritage and was also an Open Polytechnic Pasifika Award recipient.
Choosing to study with Open Polytechnic was an opportunity to ‘dip my toes in the water’, and study at my own pace without disrupting my lifestyle. It gave me the option to be able to keep working in a full-time capacity, while also being able to study something I was interested in.
Pasifika learner satisfaction
Pasifika learner satisfaction statistics from our Annual report 2021 show a high level of satisfaction among our Pasifika learners.
Pasifika Learners by Gender female male 65% (1,429) 35% (772)
- 90% overall Pasifika learner satisfaction.
- 93% say their study is valuable for a future job.
- 87% say their study is valuable for their current job.
- 90% say they believe their Open Polytechnic study is good value for money.
- 92% of Pasifika learners say their studies are valuable to their employer