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After Samoan's early crash-and-bash and a 10-4 lead at half-time, the Kiwis took the lead in the second half with five attempts. In spite of Jordan Rapana's early Kiwis attempt, Samoa managed to win the game early by dominant in the duel and making many errors. But while Kidwell's forces often fired themselves into their feet, their more expansionary styles and apparent efforts finally pay off.

In the twentieth minutes, Shaun Johnson took second place in his team, benefiting from Simon Mannering, before Kiwi-born Samoan Ken Maumalo backed down for his side with a good left-footed move. However, Samoa's pleasure turned out to be short-lived. In the second half the Kiwis raged as a obviously tired Samoan look withered, with attempts to Kodi Nikorima, the electrical Roger Tuivasa-Sheck and the test débutants Brad Takairangi, Isaac Liu and Nelson Asofa-Solomona, who finish the game as a competition.

At the last second Joseph Paulo achieved the comfort of the Samoans. Kidwell's Kiwis will face Scotland next weekend, against whom they lost 18-18 in last year's four-nation game. Next weekend they want to recruit a new member to the team.

Celebrating Samoan Language Week | M?ori Television

It is a Samoan schoolweek, so the Pacific Fellowship is hoping that Talofa lava, meaning "greetings", will be a favorite expression this time. The Samoan people are still the biggest of the Pacific Islanders according to NZ statistics and Samoan is the third most widely spread New Zealand after English and M?ori The Samoan is celebrating this year.

Georgeina Pulotu is the head of the Samoan culture group at Auckland Girls Grammar School. The Samoan Sprachwoche was commemorated today with a samoan culture show at the Auckland War Memorial Museum. It says: "Everyone is looking forward to the Samoan Sprachwoche, because it is a period in which we can commemorate the sovereignty of our state. So it really is something really unique for us Samoans and something that we keep in our heart.

The Samoan Sprachwoche will run until the end of the weeks, while the Cook Island festivities will begin next weeks.