Ruperake Petaia: 3 books

This is Ruperake Petaia’s second collection of poems, Petaia continues his search towards the inner-side of life: the heart, the soul, the spirit. The poems reflect the ever presence of the storms of life, and ultimately the patches of life supreme; that the prophetic rainbow aspires to maintain.And...

This is Petaia’s first collection of poetry. It is heavily critical of the colonialist influence on education in particular and generally on the Samoan culture as it were. The new way of life that outside influences have imposed upon the younger generations of the country continue to begrudge the...

The Miracle is a story based on real events in the lives of just some of the people who were involved in the staging of Gods Miracle during the Polynesian Airlines Flight 844 from Sydney Australia to Faleolo, Western Samoa on the 13 September 1994.This story is written as a testimonial to the amazing...