Muliagatele Vavaō Fetui is an educator who has spent his life passing down his knowledge of the Samoan language and culture.
At the age of 78 he's added another feather to his cap by graduating with his PhD in Pacific Studies from Auckland University.
What makes this extra special is that his was only the second doctoral thesis ever written in Samoan, and the first outside of Samoa itself.
Muliagatele Vavaō Fetui talks to Jesse about his journey.
Muliagatele Vavaō Fetui and his proud aiga, his son, left, daughter-in-law and grandchildren, on graduation day outside the Fale Pasifika at Waipapa Taumata Rau, University of Auckland Photo: Auckland University
