why go to nz at all? o lea e manaia lava samoa e ola filemu. you go to nz you stay with relatives in a small house. very little space, no go out too much to kafao na o le loka i le fale, leai se fresh ea..oi oka oka
sili lava le fai o lou maumaga ma la'u togagiu e maua le lumanai mo au ma lou aiga.

I try not 2 generalise because like my parents there are plenty of hardworking, law abiding Samoans who take pride in their appearance.

However, to be brutally honest ... I feel that as a kiwi born samoan the quota is too high! We already have plenty of samoans here in NZ .. why do we need another 1000 each year??

I was born and raised in Otara ...and believe it or not, Otara was once a nice place to live and shop.
Now I would rather waste gas and shop elsewhere then go to Otara Shopping centre and see all the dirty, disgusting Samoans who look as if they just woke up, grabbed some ugly ie lavalava, didn't change their shirt, forgot to comb their hair and put on a bra!!! I am totally embarrassed and disgusted by them. You can tell the samoans from our other polynesian neighbours. My husband who is non samoan even comments saying 'you can tell the samoans' ... they look like they just came out of a bush! And then you see the news and half the criminals are samoan born!

I say, shut the borders! we have enough polynesians here to last a lifetime. I know this will offend some ...but it doesn't matter, because this is my opinion and point of view and if you don't like it tell someone who cares.

Truth hurts!

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Hey I think you ought to go back and look at the real reason why NZ government initialize the Quota. Its because they robbed Samoans of their right to Citizensgip under British rule. So for you to say the border should be closed is a statement from a fia palagi Samoa. Samoans should travel free to NZ due to their status as British subjects but NZ changed it when they see Samoans will take over their land... fa laia...