On why
The most obvious question we get asked about our move from New Zealand back to Samoa is "Why?" There are a multitude of reasons why we had wanted to move back, and our usual response would be to reply with one of them, for example: "We are very homesick" "We want our children to have the same childhood experiences we had" "We want our children to know more of their culture as Samoans" "We want to be with our family back home" "We want out of the rat race" However those reasons by themselves, and even the combination of them, although all true, do not form the complete picture. To understand the real reason, we must start at the beginning. Once upon a time, there was a girl who left her home and family in Samoa to study at the University of Canterbury. There she met a boy who had also left his home and family in Samoa to study at the same university. It was likely they fell in love, although neither of them would ...