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Riamoana's brief look into the Guts of Australian Politics..What does it all mean?

03/12/2012 12:54:00

Last week I was invited to a Information Seminar for Small Business and I survived. The speakers were, Senator the Hon Eric Abetz - Liberal Senator for Tasmania. Leader of the Opposition in the Senate Shadow Minister for Employment and Workplace Relations and Liberal National Party Candidate for the Woodridge Electorate, Simon Dorries.

Although I arrived 'Samoa time' and missed most of both speeches I did get to hear Senator Abetz answer a Carbon Tax question and I was hooked and eager to find out more about everything politics. I am now officially interested IN Politics!! I don't want to be a bystanders and observer any more.

What does it all mean? Well for those that can answer that question your either thousands of years old or have died and gone to heaven. But for those that are beginner Politicians, lets learn together.

Does a Pacific Islander have the know how, stamina and guts to take on a political stand in Australia? Well easy answer is YES!! and it is about time we cross over to the arena of positive change and escalated status in our PI communities. Samoa wasn't known as the navigator islands for nothing, we have been trading and migrating, fishing etc for eons. So we are born entrepreneurs and politicians - in my humble opinion. This is the same for Tonga, Fiji and other islands. We all know the stories of Tongan Kings and Samoan Princesses, Sina and the Eel from Fiji and so many more stories.

We are all connected and we should stand as One Pacific to ensure our generations are well established and outstanding members of our families, community's and high achievers in this great nation of Australia.

Soifua

Manu Samoa make History

07/18/2011 10:34:00

Did you watch the game on channel 9 yesterday. What a sensational match!!32 Points to the Boys in Blue to 23 to the Gold team. What Champions!! A well deserved win. This game will go down for sure in the history books as one of the great games for Samoa!! Next week watch as Australia shuffles their top players to take on South Africa.

MONEY TRANSFER TO SAMOA AND NEW ZEALAND NOW AVAILABLE FROM AUSTRALIA

07/07/2011 22:39:00

Yes we have been busy at headquarters getting more services for our customers here in Australia and soon New Zealand.

Before you send money to Samoa through any other forum, get in contact with Riamoana Pasifika. We have affordable fees $10.00 to Samoa and $13.00 to New Zealand from Australia. Our rates are good and the process is quite simple. Call 0411632393 for immediate transfers without the hassles.

Ia Manuia.

"e tupu mea avea, ae e le tupu mea tuupea"

05/06/2011 20:51:00

"e tupu mea avea, ae e le tupu mea tuupea"
My brother Sasulu wrote this during one of our family email discussions. It is such a great Samoan saying, I love it and it is so true.
I think it means 'the things that you give..grows' the things that you leave undone don't grow'
Any other interpretations out there.

Don't forget to visit our new page which features 'Tofaeono Misatauveve Hollywood and his new Samoan book 'Tasi ae Afe'

God Bless

MEET THE BOXERS

04/01/2011 12:36:00

MEET THE BOXERS

SATURDAY 2 April at Guada Club,

Manukau

8pm – 10pm.

Admission free

MONDAY 4 April at Otara Music Centre

Otara

6:30pm – 8pm.

Admission free.

We will be selling Posters $2 and Calendars $5 on both evenings towards funding the boxers training.

Donations are much appreciated, contact Rosa on (021) 031-8201.

For more information and boxing souvenir orders please contact Jenkins (021) 127-4286.

EXTRACT FROM DOUG COPP'S ARTICLE ON THE "TRIANGLE OF LIFE"

03/16/2011 11:11:00

My name is Doug Copp. I am the Rescue Chief and Disaster Manager of the

American Rescue Team International (ARTI), the world's most experienced

rescue team. The information in this article will save lives in an

earthquake.

I have crawled inside 875 collapsed buildings, worked with rescue teams from

60 countries, founded rescue teams in several countries, and I am a member

of many rescue teams from many countries.

I was the United Nations expert in Disaster Mitigation for two years. I have

worked at every major disaster in the world since 1985, except for

simultaneous disasters.

The first building I ever crawled inside of was a school in Mexico City

during the 1985 earthquake. Every child was under its desk. Every child was

crushed to the thickness of their bones.

They could have survived by lying down next to their desks in the aisles. It

was obscene, unnecessary and I wondered why the children were not in the

aisles. I didn't at the time know that the children were told to hide under

something.

Simply stated, when buildings collapse, the weight of the ceilings falling

upon the objects or furniture inside crushes these objects, leaving a space

or void next to them. This space is what I call the 'triangle of life'. The

larger the object, the stronger, the less it will compact.

The less the object compacts, the larger the void, the greater the

probability that the person who is using this void for safety will not be

injured. The next time you watch collapsed buildings, on television, count

the 'triangles' you see formed. They are everywhere. It is the most common

shape you will see in a collapsed building.

TIPS FOR EARTHQUAKE SAFETY

1) Most everyone who simply 'ducks and covers' WHEN BUILDINGS COLLAPSE

are crushed to death. People who get under objects, like desks or cars, are

crushed.

2) Cats, dogs and babies often naturally curl up in the fetal position. You

should too in an earthquake. It is a natural safety/survival instinct. You

can survive in a smaller void. Get next to an object, next to a sofa, next

to a large bulky object that will compress slightly but leave a void next to it.

3) Wooden buildings are the safest type of construction to be in during an

earthquake. Wood is flexible and moves with the force of the earthquake. If

the wooden building does collapse, large survival voids are created. Also,

the wooden building has less concentrated, crushing weight. Brick buildings

will break into individual bricks. Bricks will cause many injuries but less

squashed bodies than concrete slabs.

4) If you are in bed during the night and an earthquake occurs, simply roll

off the bed. A safe void will exist around the bed. Hotels can achieve a

much greater survival rate in earthquakes, simply by posting a sign on the

back of the door of every room telling occupants to lie down on the floor,

next to the side of the bed during an earthquake.

5) If an earthquake happens and you cannot easily escape by getting out the

door or window, then lie down and curl up in the fetal position next to a

sofa, or large chair.

6) Most everyone who gets under a doorway when buildings collapse is killed.

How? If you stand under a doorway and the doorjamb falls forward or backward

you will be crushed by the ceiling above. If the door jam falls sideways you

will be cut in half by the doorway. In either case, you will be killed!

7) Never go to the stairs. The stairs have a different 'moment of frequency'

(they swing separately from the main part of the building). stairs and remainder of the building continuously bump into each other until structural failure of the stairs takes place.

The people who get on stairs before they fail are chopped up by the stair treads - horribly

mutilated. Even if the building doesn't collapse, stay away from the stairs.

The stairs are a likely part of the building to be damaged. Even if the

stairs are not collapsed by the earthquake, they may collapse later when

overloaded by fleeing people. They should always be checked for safety, even

when the rest of the building is not damaged.

8) Get Near the Outer Walls Of Buildings Or Outside Of Them If Possible - It

is much better to be near the outside of the building rather than the

interior. The farther inside you are from the outside perimeter of the

building the greater the probability that your escape route will be blocked.

9) People inside of their vehicles are crushed when the road above falls in

an earthquake and crushes their vehicles; which is exactly what happened

with the slabs between the decks of the Nimitz Freeway. The victims of the

San Francisco earthquake all stayed inside of their vehicles. They were all

killed. They could have easily survived by getting out and sitting or lying

next to their vehicles. Everyone killed would have survived if they had been

able to get out of their cars and sit or lie next to them. All the crushed

cars had voids 3 feet high next to them, except for the cars that had

columns fall directly across them.

10) I discovered, while crawling inside of collapsed newspaper offices and

other offices with a lot of paper, that paper does not compact. Large voids

are found surrounding stacks of paper.

Spread the word and save someone's life... The Entire world is experiencing

natural calamities so be prepared!

In 1996 we made a film, which proved my survival methodology to be correct. The

TurkishFederal Government, City of Istanbul , University of Istanbul Case

Productions and ARTI cooperated to film this practical, scientific test. We

collapsed a school and a home with 20 mannequins inside. Ten mannequins did

'duck and cover' and ten mannequins I used in my 'triangle of life' survival

method. After the simulated earthquake collapse we crawled through the

rubble and entered the building to film and document the results. The film,

in which I practiced my survival techniques under directly observable,

scientific conditions, relevant to building collapse, showed there would

have been zero percent survival for those doing duck and cover.

There would likely have been 100 percent survivability for people using my

method of the 'triangle of life.' This film has been seen by millions of

viewers on television in Turkey and the rest of Europe, and it was seen in

the USA , Canada and Latin America on the TV program Real TV.

safe wishes

Classic Wallabies v Classic All Blacks charity game for Christchurch

03/14/2011 13:46:00

What a great game! All blaki won and the stadiums were filled to capacity. I went with Mathew my husband and a few work friends and it was truly worth it. People were coming from all directions and filling up Balimore stadium. Let us pray for all those lost in Christchurch and for all those who are continuing to rebuild lives in all areas of devastation in our world. Haiti, Australia, New Zealand, Japan. God Bless

Here are some photos I managed to take of the game.enjoy

Riamoana Pasifika

03/10/2011 16:40:00

Talofa everyone and welcome to our brand new service. This is a great way for you to ask questions about this site or service. There are so many easier ways of helping our relatives and families who are living in Paradise and this is one of my main focuses. To make it easier for us overseas to help our relatives but also make it affordable and reliable. Riamoana helps us control what we send to Samoa.

There are also so many different events that are happening in Brisbane with the community at large and also within our Samoan community and this is a great way to let you know fast!!

Better go and get ready, check back tomorrow for some photos of the 'All Blacks vs Wallabies' comp to help our neighbours in Christchurch.

Fa'afetai and God Bless

THANK YOU: CLASSIC WALLABIES v ALL BLACKS RUGBY FOR CHCH!!

03/10/2011 13:28:00

G’day all my lovely people, I just wanted to send out a big THANK YOU on behalf of Triple M, Queensland Rugby Union & Christchurch for all your lovely support. So here’s a quick update, the Classic Wallabies v Classic All Blacks game held at Ballymore Stadium has been SOLD OUT, with about 20,000 tickets sold J Not only that, we’ve had so many sponsors jump on board including – Qantas, Tourism Queensland, Queensland Reds, Treasury Hotel, Domino’s Pizza, Sportography, FloorCover Queensland, Kooga and many more. Also the 24 spot on the Wallabies Team was sold for $7,000.00 and 24 spot on the All Blacks Team was sold this morning for $11,600.00. So far there has been over $400,000 dollars and it’s all because of you, my beautiful QueeNZlander’s LOL!!! Thanks again for all the support and I’m sure our neighbours in NZ are very grateful. See you all on Thursday arvo’ to cheer on the All Blacks… Kind regards, LaTanya Lemuelu