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SBS Australia
13-05-2025
- General
- SBS Australia
Ina'ilau a Tama'ita'i: with Rita Seumanutafa
Rita Seumanutafa is a Samoan academic and community leader in Melbourne. Since moving across the Tasman from Aotearoa New Zealand, Ms Seumanutafa has made her mark as an academic, having recently completed a Phd in Music at the University of Melbourne, and also as a community leader, liaising with state government departments in delivering services to the Pasefika community in Victoria. Her efforts in this space during the COVID-19 pandemic, especially driving the vaccination programs, were most impressive. Rita is a prolific composer of church hymns and is very active in teaching choirs in Melbourne - something she had grown up practising and perfecting from the Samoan Church she and her family belong to. In the Arts space, Rita Seumanutafa is one of the creators of the PICAA, the Pacific Islands Creative Arts Association Inc., in Victoria, a hub for actors, directors and writers of Pasefika heritage to share and practise their crafts.
SBS Australia
02-05-2025
- General
- SBS Australia
Samoan women talanoa on election issues.
Ms Rita Seumanutafa is a mother and grandmother who has just completed a Phd in Music at the University of Melbourne. Her work with the Samoan and Pasefika community in Victoria during the pandemic has been commendable, as well as her advocacy for youth development and the Arts in Victoria. Ms Charlotte Allen lives in the remote indigenous community of Mutitjulu in Uluru, Northern Territory, and is the Executive Assistant to the CEO of the Mutitjulu Aboriginal Community Corporation. She told us about some of the challenges facing their community and some of the more pressing issues that will determine who she will vote for.
