Galumalemana Alfred Hunkin, MA
Galumalemana is from Apia, Samoa. His teaching career began in Samoa and continued in New Zealand where he taught in schools and at Victoria University in Wellington. He also taught English as a second language in both Samoa and New Zealand. Galu started Samoan language classes in 1976 at the Auckland Pacific Islanders Educational Resources Centre. Four years later, he moved to Wellington to direct operations for a multicultural educational resources center, where he taught Samoan to police officers, other public servants, and many others. In 1989, he moved to Victoria University, where he directed and taught BA-level Samoan language courses for 24 years.
Galumalemana holds a BA in history and anthropology, a BA with honors in anthropology and applied linguistics, and an MA in applied linguistics. He received two Queen’s honors awards from the New Zealand government for his contributions and service to the education of Pacific peoples and the Samoan language in New Zealand. He has also worked closely with Peace Corps volunteers and enjoyed their commitment and contribution to Samoa early in his career.
Research Interests
Bilingual learning
The shift in Samoa to powerful languages such as English and Chinese
Select Publications
Hunkin, G. A. (2018). Gagana Samoa: Lehrbuch der samoanischen Sprache. Polynesian Verlag. University of Hawaii Press.
Hunkin, G. A. (2016). E Sui Faiga ‘Ae Tumau Fa’avae – Measina a Sāmoa. Paper presented at the Measina a Samoa Conference. Centre for Samoan Studies, National University of Samoa, Le Papaigalagala.
Hunkin, G. A. (2006). Black Saturday: New Zealand’s Tragic Blunders in Samoa. Pacific Connection. Issue 9. Michael Field, Reed Publication.
Hunkin, G. A. (2006). Field a Victim of cultural ignorance. Dominion Post.
Hunkin, G. A. (2001). Pasefika Languages and Future Challenges. Cluny Macpherson, Paul Spoonley, and Melani Anae, eds.
Hunkin, G. A. (1996). A Possible Missing Factor – The role of Pacific Islands languages in the education of Pacific Islands children in New Zealand. Proceedings Report, National Symposium.
Hunkin, G. A. (1998). Gagana Samoa: A Samoan Language Course book. Pasifika Press, Auckland.
Hunkin, G. A., Mayer, F. L. J., Tualaulelei, E. M. (n.d.). Diacritical Marks and the Samoan Language. Contemporary Pacific, A Journal of Island Affairs; Volume 27, Number 1. Centre For Pacific Islands Studies, University of Hawaii Press.
Hunkin, G. A. (n.d.). To Let Die, the state of the Samoan language in New Zealand. Alternative: An International Journal of Indigenous Peoples, Auckland University.
Hunkin, G. A. (n.d.). Fa’asamoa – Samoan Culture. ‘Samoan Travellers in Germany 1895-1911, FROM SAMOA WITH LOVE?’, ed. by Hilke Thode-Arora. Hirmer Verlag, Munich, Museum Fünf Kontinente.
Education
- Teaching Certificate, Ardmore Teachers College
- Diploma in Teaching, University of Auckland
- BA, History and Anthropology, University of Auckland
- BA (Hons), Anthropology and Applied linguistics, Victoria University of Wellington
- MA, Applied Linguistics, Victoria University of Wellington
