For Miss Samoa New South Wales, Moemoana Safaatoa Schwenke, participating in this year's pageant is about following in the legacy set by her mother and creating her own.She is the daughter of Mary-Jane Mckibbin Schwenke who was Miss Samoa in 1997 and won the Miss South Pacific title in 1998. She .
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By S. Si ilata (c) 2021
Like all neighbouring countries, Samoa and Tonga have a complicated relationship that has spanned back to legendary times - however the relationship between these two countries as well as others including Fiji and Uvea & Futuna could not be told without mentioning the actions of each nation in each-others histories.
Clearly things weren t always peachy between neighbours as language relates; the Samoan word from ancient times for a scheme or trickery is the word togafiti - literally meaning, Tonga and Fiji . And Tongan expansion throughout western Polynesia really didn t help them win many local popularity contests during the heyday of Tu itonga rule - a few of whom were born to Samoan mothers by the way, after the reign of Kauulufonua-fekai remembered in Samoan history as Tuitoga Fa aulufanua.