LOS ANGELES Since 1898, when a Thomas Edison camera crew on location in Honolulu shot the first footage ever filmed in the Pacific Islands, the South Seas Cinema movie genre has been dominated by Haole (Caucasians) male filmmakers lensing productions primarily for the consumption of Haole audien.
To celebrate Samoa Language Week RNZ Pacific journalist Mariner Fagaiava-Muller and his Papa, Faasootauloa Fepuleai Galo Fagaiava, sat down together to make oka.
By Fuimaono Dylan Asafo
It was reported that the counsel for the incumbent Human Rights Protection Party (HRPP), Aumua Ming Leung Wai, seeks to justify that declaration, by arguing the call for fresh elections was lawful because they were exercising their reserve powers .
The Attorney General is also likely to make the same argument, and they have indicated that they are likely to engage the services of a Queen s Counsel (a foreign lawyer whose work has been given special acknowledgement by the British Crown) to act or advise on the matter.
In my view, this argument should be rejected, because the Head of State does not have any reserve powers .