We engage with local growers and weavers in the village and we source out the raw product
We distribute our products through local community engagement & businesses
Real life learning using weaving and language classes
Imaging a weaving retreat where self expression, creative thinking and new ideas are developed
We engage with local growers and weavers in the village and we source out the products: bandanas, handicrafts.
We distribute our products through local community engagement, businesses, individuals and potential partners.
We expose learners to real-life learning through active participation in weaving workshops and language classes.
We facilitate therapeutic weaving retreat to connect to the body, mind and soul.
O le fale lenei e lalaga ai le Measina a Samoa. E fa’aalia ai Agava’a o le tina ua iloga lona tomai ile fa’amata-lalagaina o ie lauie fa’apea ai ma ie lautolo. Ae le gata i lea, o le fa’aigoaina o ie; e afua mai i le Ituaiga faloina o le laufala, o le mata-tosi atoa ai ma lona fa’ataulaseaina ina ia maua lelei le ATA e pei ona fuafuaina ma mo’omia. O le tina la lenei ua fa’aigoaina o le MATUAU’U. O isi tina uma o le falelalaga e fa’aigoaina o le Au-se’epapa.
Ae paga lea Samoa, i le matauga ua i ai nei, ua amata ona mou malie ese atu lenei oa mai aao ma lima o tina Samoa ona ua seasea ona toe fa’aaogaina. O le ala lea ua a’e ai se taofi o le a toe taumafai e fafagu ma eneene le Lauti na le putea i le Tofa mau a tina Samoa o lo’o afifio ma papaaao i Aukilani aemaise o Aotearoa nei.
O le ala lea Samoa e tatalo atu ai ina ia mau pea le To’ovae i lau tapuaiga, ona o le fa’amoemoe, e tua atu ia te oe le aga’i ai i luma o lenei taumafaiga. O le Tofa ma le Fa’autautaga i ina, e ao lava ona aami i lea taimi ma lea taimi ina ia maopopo ma aga-gata LA e folau ai le Falealaga e pei ona taumafai atu i ai.
Ia manuia lau fa’asausauga Samoa.
O a’u o Sa-o-atulagi-ole-Tagaloa Penina Tu’una’i Ifopo
(Founder & Director of Falelalaga- Aotearoa)
O a’u o Saoatulagioletagaloa Penina Tu’unai Ifopo. Ole afafine o Tu’unai Nua mai ile afioaga o Solosolo ma Samalaulu Kilisitina Tapusalaia IFOPO So’o o Musumusu ma Salimu i Fagaloa, Vaa o Fonoti.
I am the product of the village that raised and prayed with me. I come from a line of tufuga ole aganuu ma le gagana, tautai ole sami, fanua ma le vao, master weavers, orators, story tellers, visionaries, educators, composers, and innovators. My values are embedded in everything I do: Atua (God), Aiga (Family) and Alofa Fetausia’i (to share Love).
Born and cocooned in Laloaoa Musumusu, I am spiritually, culturally, physically and socially connected to my surroundings and the universe. I am blessed, gifted and honoured to bring the vision of my ancestors and elders to Aotearoa New Zealand and to share it with the world.
FALELALAGA is a vision of my ancestors!
A story of migration and survival for all Samoan born and raised in different soils and the strength that survived with us. A landscape of reviving traditions and gagana using the arts of weaving, patterns, carving, past historical events, tala ole vavau, tala tuu ma mafuaaga, songs and poetic genres of Matuau’u and Auseepapa.
Our connectivity to each other and the universe and the significance of understanding who we are in relationship to time and space. Community requires commitment and Falelalaga is committed to share its ato ponapona filled with the sacred knowledge and specialised skills of its ancestors with the community.
Eeeeee lau ava lea le Atua, ia muaau ma muliau oe i laasaga uma!!
Soifua ma ia manuia,
Saoatulagioletagaloa Penina Tu’unai Ifopo (MEdL,PGCertEd,BEd, DipEd)
Founder & Managing Director
"Corban loves and enjoys playing on his fala pepe. We do our fofo, mat time, sit, read and lots of sensory play on it. He enjoys looking and playing with the wools and all the different colours weaving into the pandanus."
Maria, Samoan Mum in Auckland
" Falelalga provided us with contextually grounded Samoan concepts to explore teaching practice. Through learning Samoan weaving, our teachers were able to connect personal intergenerational stories through experiencing the art of lalaga firsthand and are passionate in revitalising in culturally sustaining ways."
Dr Jacoba Matapo, Associate dean Pacifica at the faculty of education and social work. The University of Auckland
"O le taimi na maua mo le faasoa I le susuga I le faatonu o le Fale Lalaga ia Penina Ifopo, o se taimi ma se avanoa faa’auro ona e le aumaua le sosia ma le tomai tau le lalaga I Niu Sila. Tainane ai le Faasoa I upu eseese e faaaoga I taimi e talanoa ai le fale lalaga, ua matua ‘ōā ai lenei tagata. "
Salā Pafitimai Dr Faasaulala Tagoilelagi-Leota, AATA Limited - Aoga Amata Transnational Aotearoa. Principal Analyst Monitoring, Evaluation & Research Ministry of Pacific Peoples