Tales of Taonga - Manumea

"It's part of our Samoan culture and part of our heritage"

The Manumea bird was made famous by MaryJane Mckibbin-Schwenke's popular siva for Miss South Pacific*, but this treasured bird that is only found in Samoa, is now critically endangered.

Find out more about why we should care about this uniquely special pigeon.

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* Choreographed by Peter Tamasese, Phylesha Brown-Acton, Cecilia Keil & Ken Moala