Nafanua was a historical aliʻi (chief/queen) and toa (warrior) of Samoa from the Sā Tonumaipeʻa clan, who took the four pāpā (district) titles, the leading...
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Nafanua II (04) was a Guardian-class patrol boat built in Australia for Samoa. It replaced the original Nafanua, supplied to Samoa three decades earlier...
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Nafanua III (04) is a Guardian-class patrol boat entering[needs update] service with the Samoan Police Force. She was given to Samoa by Australia as part...
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Nafanua was a historically important Samoan, also known as the "Warrior Princess". Nafanua may also refer to: Western Samoan patrol vessel Nafanua, a Pacific...
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ordered. Two for Timor-Leste, and one new replacement vessel for the Samoan Nafanua II, which was damaged beyond repair on 5 August 2021. The last vessels...
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Nafanua (04) is a Pacific Forum patrol vessel operated by Western Samoa's police. Like her 21 sister ships she was built in Australia. After the United...
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of Nafanua. Nafanua's father, Saveasi'uleo, was the god of Pulotu. Another well-known legend tells of two sisters, Tilafaiga, the mother of Nafanua, and...
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Boat Program. Nafanua II was delivered on August 16, 2019, replacing the original Nafanua, delivered in March 1988. The original Nafanua underwent a $T5...
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Vailuluʻu (redirect from Nafanua Volcano)
naming competition, and assigned in 2000. The Nafanua cone is named after a Samoan war goddess, Nafanua. Today the seamount is part of the National Marine...
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machine guns each. In 2019, Samoa was given an unarmed patrol boat, the Nafanua II by Australia. In June 2022, Australia's Foreign Minister Penny Wong...
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tama a ʻāiga: Malietoa, Tupua Tamasese, Mataʻafa, and Tuimalealiʻifano. Nafanua was a famous woman warrior who was deified in ancient Samoan religion and...
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an active underwater volcanic cone, named after Samoa's goddess of war, Nafanua. In American Samoa forest cover is around 86% of the total land area, equivalent...
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these titles were willed to her by their previous possessor, Nafanua (Tonumaipe'a Nāfanua). She is the titular ancestor of two of the four paramount titles...
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with the Samoan Nafanua II running aground in August 2021 and subsequently being found to be beyond economical repair, replaced by Nafanua III. Vanuatu's...
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present faʻafafine chiefs. The history of faʻafafine is difficult to trace. Nafanua, the female warrior and chief of Samoan early history, is often held up...
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replace the Guardian-class patrol boat Nafanua II, the condition of which had deteriorated. Fiamē stated that the Nafanua II replacement would increase Samoa's...
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invertebrates typically dominate hydrothermal vents. Eel City is located near Nafanua volcanic cone, American Samoa. In 1993, already more than 100 gastropod...
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with this winged creature. One legend from the island of Savai'i is about Nafanua, Samoa's goddess of war, rescued by flying foxes when she was stranded...
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deep-sea eels living amongst hydrothermal vents in the new volcano of Nafanua in American Samoa. It is unique because most hydrothermal vents are predominantly...
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other figures in Polynesian mythology such as Hina, Tinilau, Tagaloa and Nafanua. Sina is also the name of various female figures in Polynesian mythology...
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an active underwater volcanic cone, named after Samoa's goddess of war, Nafanua. The Samoan climate is tropical, with a rainy season from November to April...
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chief executive was appointed on 15 July 2006, and its laboratories at Nafanua in Apia were officially opened on 29 May 2007. The institute was renamed...
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spirits or Hades in Samoan mythology. He is the father of Nafanua the Goddess of War in Samoa. Nafanua's mother is Tilafaiga, the sister of Taema another figure...
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The Samoan women's national cricket team, nicknamed the Nafanua, represents the country of Samoa in international women's cricket. It is organised by...
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Environmental Prize for the conservation efforts described in his book, Nafanua: Saving the Samoan Rainforest (New York: W.H. Freeman), which has been...
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traditions of Samoa, known as the fa'asamoa, originated with the warrior queen Nafanua. Her rule instituted the fa'amatai: decentralized family, village, and...
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Mafuiʻe was the god of earthquakes. There were also a number of war gods. Nafanua, Samoa's warrior goddess, hails from the village of Falealupo at the west...
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Pulotu is Saveasi'uleo, the father of Nafanua, a goddess of war from Falealupo. Another legend tells that Nafanua's mother is Tilafaiga, who brought the...
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person the tafaʻifa, or paramount chief. Two notable tafaʻifa cases were Nāfanua and Salamāsina, although this title ceased to be in common usage during...
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HMPNGS Dreger P02 Papua New Guinea 1987-10 2021-04-18 Defence Force 4 Nafanua Samoa 1988-03 2019-06-12 Police 5 RSIPV Lata 03 Solomon Islands 1988-07...
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