Fa’atili Iosua Esera is the principal of Sutton Park School in Mangere, and the president of Faalapotopotoga mo le aoaoina o le gagana Sāmoa i Aotearoa (the organisation for teachers of Samoan in Aotearoa).
In this blog Fa’atili explains some important aspects of Samoan identity and offers some suggestions on how we can support Samoan language and culture in our schools and classrooms.