Samoan Girls Qualify as Teachers
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Teachers
Miss Tiresa Hunter and Miss Fetaui Matatumua, shown above, returned home to Western Samoa from New Zealand in January, as qualified school teachers.
Both were trained at Ardmore Teachers’
Training College, Auckland, under the New Zealand Islands scholarship scheme.
With Miss Fanaafi Maiai, who also trained at Ardmore, they are the first Samoans to become teachers under the scholarship scheme.
Miss Matatumua is a daughter of A.
M. Matatumua, Registrar of the Land and Titles Court, Western Samoa.
Miss Tiresa Hunter is the daughter of T. p. Hunter, Government survey draughtsman in Samoa.
Both attended secondary schools in NZ before qualifying for the Teachers’
College. There are about 100 Samoan, Niuean and Cook Islander scholarship holders in New Zealand, their ages ranging from 12 to the early 20’s. Some are at boarding schools receiving secondary education, some are training for technical jobs, others are at Uni versity. The New Zealand government pays all their expenses—even providing school clothes and pocket money.