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Editorial

02 May 2016

Editor’s Note
D

ear Readers
It is a pleasure to welcome
you all to Australia Samoa
Newspaper’s 2nd Issue. Thank you to
those that got to explore the uniqueness
of our 1st issue last month. Remember,
our newspaper is published monthly.
We would like to especially express our
thanks to those that took the time to call
or message in, encouraging and positive
feedback. Our team of passionate writers will continue to explore issues that
matter to our daily lives, and share their
experiences or learned knowledge, in
the hope that it will continue to ignite
those light bulbs of ideas in each of us,
as well as to inspire and entertain you
all. Don’t forget to look out for our next
month’s Issue 3.
As we continue to enjoy the crispy
autumn breeze, let us not forget our upcoming celebration of our Mother’s on
the 8th May. If you don’t want an islander mother’s reaction when her special
day is forgotten, then make sure you do
not forget to at least embrace that special woman, and let her know you care.
Joke’s aside, we know that on this day,
all mothers’ selflessness, are highlighted

Maiava Tricia Brunt
(Australia Samoa News Editor)
MBA (Int’l HRM),
B.Bus (Business Mgmt/HRM)

through parties, feasting and gift giving.
Every day is a Mother’s Day, but on this
particular day, if you are not able to buy
a ready-made gift, then do not despair.
Make one from scratch. If the special
mum you have is resting in peace, then
remember to offer a mass on your Sabbath day or prayers for her soul, if you

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don’t already do that every single day.
That would be the most important gift
you can offer the living and those who
have gone to eternal life.
The all-encompassing definition of a
Mother that I like is the one that states
“A woman who conceives, gives birth
to, OR raises and nurtures a child. A female parent…” Even if you did not conceive or give birth to a child, you are still
a mother if you raised or nurtured a child
and become a guardian for that child or
children. In our Samoan culture, even
young ladies in their teens execute the
chores of an effective mother with ease.
They feed, babysit, take the young siblings for walks, cook, clean, and wash
for their siblings to help their own mothers. Hats off to all young Pacific Island ladies/teens/adolescents who have been
groomed to become great mothers from
such a young age.
If you are time poor or short of cash,
and have a flair for poetry writing, you
can perhaps write a poem from the
heart, then using an old but beautiful
photo frame, frame the poem in it, before wrapping and presenting same to
mum. That is just one idea to explore.

You don’t have to have money to show
your appreciation of your mum. A hug
and a kiss is all that those beautiful
mothers want, then make sure you do
that every day too, not just on the official Mother’s Day date .
For your information, there are a
number of events happening in Samoa
as well, if you’re heading to paradise
next month. When the fa’alavelaves are
done, perhaps you would like to enjoy, if
not join, the Five Islands swimming marathon from the 11th May, the Samoa Independence International 7’s from 27th
May, or even the exciting Samoa Swim
festival in Savaii on 26th May. Find out
more on those events by visiting http://
www.samoa.travel/events/
In any case, we hope you all had a
wonderful celebration of the memories
of those that perished in war to keep
Australia and New Zealand protected
– ANZAC Day – last Monday. We also would like to wish all the Mothers
of the Pacific, all Mother’s reading and
supporting our newspaper, and all the
Mothers in the World, a very blessed
and peaceful Mother’s Day celebration.
Soifua

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