Day: July 22, 2016

Jul 22
Homicide Investigation for Jeanine Tuivaiki

A homicide investigation into the death of Jeanine Tuivaiki  has been put into play by the District Court of Samoa according toPolice Media Officer Maotaoalii Kaioneta Kitiona. Tuivaiki was a twenty year old fa’afafine woman whose body was published on the cover of the Samoa Observer earlier this year when she was found dead in a Catholic Church […]

Jul 22
Gender and Culture: Tā Moko

Patrick Salmon is a Māori man, a husband, and a father of three. He is also making waves and unsettling gender norms after appearing on the media with a historically female-specific tā moko. Like many other cultures around the world, Māori culture has historically been closely tied in with gender. Tā moko, the permanent body and […]