Safuneitu'uga Pa'aga Neri is a Samoan matai

Fa'amatai

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, politician and the current Minister of Communication and Technology in Samoa

Samoa

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. Her matai chief title is Safuneitu'uga.

Following the 2006 Samoa general election

Samoan general election, 2006

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, she became the third female Member of Parliament in the country to be appointed a cabinet minister

Minister (government)

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, serving her portfolio in the 14th Samoan Parliament

14th Samoan Parliament

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She is from Safune

Safune

Safune is a traditional village district on the central north coast of Savai'i island in Samoa. It lies within the electoral constituency of Gaga'ifomauga. Safune is the birthplace of Mau leader Olaf Frederick Nelson and the filming location of Moana , one of the first documentaries made in the world...

 on the island of Savai'i

Savai'i

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. Her electoral constituency is Gagaifomauga No. 2, part of the larger Gaga'ifomauga

Gaga'ifomauga

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district situated north central of Savai'i.