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LAUMUA TUNUFA'I
Doctor of Philosophy student
Looking for Samoan Answers
AUT PhD student Laumua Tunufa’i decided to delve deeper into Samoan attitudes towards crime after working as a translator for Auckland courts and police. Laumua worked as a Samoan translator for 22 years. After witnessing the poor interpretation of many of his clients he was motivated to find answers.
His thesis focuses on the understandings and attitudes of old and young Samoans in Auckland towards criminal activities in New Zealand. He hopes his research will help to inform and educate policy makers in the future.
“A lot of people study the reasons why people commit crime,” he says. “I’m more interested in their attitudes and perceptions.”
Laumua chose AUT to complete his PhD because he says until now research about Samoan people has predominantly been produced out of only two universities.
“When you congregate with your friends, all the views tend to be the same and I didn’t want to fall into that trap,” he says. “I wanted to be independent and look at the issues from another perspective.”