A Samoan village prepares to welcome King Charles but fears an uncertain future for its reef

(22 Oct 2024)
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Tafitoala, Samoa – 21 October 2024
1. Various aerials of beach along Tafitoala where the incident occurred
2. Various of empty beach huts
3. SOUNDBITE (English), Netina Malae, owner of Sina PJ Beach Fale:
“For my business, I have a tour to the mangroves, to the turtles. I take people out to surf, I have trips, fishing trips. Now it’s all stopped.”
4. Various of Netina’s husband at empty reception at Sina PJ Beach Fale
5. SOUNDBITE (English), Netina Malae, the owner of Sina PJ Beach Fale:
(Regarding possible compensation)
"New Zealand people have to do that. They have to do that to Samoa, to the village and our family and our business. Because this is not our problem, it’s their problem. It’s their boat.”
6. Aerial of Tafitoala

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Siumu, Samoa – 21 October 2024
7. Portrait of King Charles on roadside
8. Street lined with British and Samoan flags

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Siumu, Samoa – 22 October 2024
9. Village street lined with British and Samoan flags
10. Fisherman Taula Fagatuai describing the restricted area around the sunken ship
11. Various of fishing boats at sea
12. SOUNDBITE (English) Taula Fagatuai, fisherman:
“We can’t fish from here all the way down. So we only fish on this side. And you know what we do for our living, we have to catch some fish. There is no fish here. So we have to look further to the east side.”
13. Various of fishermen preparing boat
14. SOUNDBITE (English), Faalogo Afereti Taliulu, fisherman:
“So we are not supposed to fish close to us. But now it costs us twice to go all the way far out from here, you know, to fish for tuna.”
15. Young man preparing for fishing trip
16. Man holding fishing line
17. SOUNDBITE (English), Faalogo Afereti Taliulu, fisherman:
“You know, that’s why we doubled the amount of petrol to go far out to get fish.”
18. Fishing boat
19. Men preparing for fishing
20. SOUNDBITE (English), Taula Fagatuai, fisherman:
“That boat is going to be ruining our reef. And for me, and the whole site and the whole island, too. And of course, we can’t stop the current.”

ASSOCIATED PRESS
Siumu district, Samoa – 21 October 2024
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21. Various of container from sunken New Zealand ship recovered from sea

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Apia, Samoa – 22 October 2024
22. SOUNDBITE (English) Commodore Andrew Brown, senior national representative for the N.Z.D.F. in Samoa:
“I think you’re well aware we’ve been prioritising monitoring of the Manawanui, we’ve been conducting monitoring of the sheen produced by the Manawanui and, more importantly or as importantly, we’ve also been monitoring the shoreline. And one of our biggest priorities in recent days has been the removal of three containers that came from the Manawanui.”

ASSOCIATED PRESS
Siumu district, Samoa – 21 October 2024
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23. Various of container from sunken New Zealand ship recovered from sea

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Apia, Samoa – 22 October 2024
24. SOUNDBITE (English) Commodore Andrew Brown, senior national representative for the N.Z.D.F. in Samoa:
“We’re still refining and doing work on the actual amount of diesel that left the vessel."
25. Various of New Zealand flag outside the New Zealand High Commission building
STORYLINE:
Under clear skies, shortly after sunrise in the beachside fishing village of Siumu, Samoa, on Tuesday dozens of men and children prepared their small boats for a day at sea.

But underwater a mile off the coast, lay the hulking shape of a sunken New Zealand naval vessel which is forcing them to travel further away to fish than before.

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