Misa Telefoni Retzlaff Awarded Companion Order of Samoa

Misa Telefoni Retzlaff Awarded Companion Order of Samoa
June 11, 2026

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Misa Telefoni Retzlaff Awarded Companion Order of Samoa

𝐏𝐎𝐋𝐎Ā’𝐈𝐆𝐀 𝐅𝐀’𝐀𝐏𝐀’𝐀𝐆𝐀 𝐀 𝐒𝐀𝐌𝐎𝐀: 𝐒𝐀𝐌𝐎𝐀 𝐇𝐎𝐍𝐎𝐔𝐑𝐒 𝐀𝐍𝐃 𝐀𝐖𝐀𝐑𝐃𝐒. O le Poloā’iga Fa’apa’aga a Samoa ua tauaaoina atu i le Afioga ia Lesamatauanuu Tugaga Misa Telefoni Retzlaff.

O lenei faailoga faapitoa e mafai ona fa’ae’eina atu iā i latou na faia se saofaga e matuā tāua i le Mālō ma ona tagata, olaga ma le aganu’u o Samoa i tulaga fa’ale-atunu’u po’o le fa’avāomālō

𝐇𝐎𝐍. 𝐌𝐈𝐒𝐀 𝐓𝐄𝐋𝐄𝐅𝐎𝐍𝐈 𝐑𝐄𝐓𝐙𝐋𝐀𝐅𝐅

💢: Mai afio’aga o Falelātai ma Samatau

💢: Ā’oga Tulagalua Malisi | King’s College Auckland i Niu Sila.
💢: 1974: Iunivesite o Aukilani (BLaws with Honors)                                                          💢: 1978: Samoa Institute of Accountants

💢: 1986 -1988: Loia Sili o le Mālō o Samoa
💢: 1988: Faipule o le Itumālō o Falelatai ma Samatau
💢: 1991: Minisitā o Fa’ato’aga, Vaomatua ma Faigāfaiva
💢: 1996: Minisitā o Soifua Mālōlōina

💢: 2001: Sui Palemia o le Kapeneta o le Paeā’iga lona [14] XIV o le Mālō Tuto’atasi o Samoa, Minisitā o le Matāgaluega o Tupe
💢: 2006: Minisitā o Turisi, Fefa’atauā’iga, Galuega ma Pisinisi.

💢: E 23 tausaga avea ai ma Faipule o le Itumālō Falelātai ma Samatau
💢: 2011: Mālōlō litaea mai tofiga

Daughter, Erika Retzlaff-Chan Ting receives the Award on behalf of Lesamatauanuu Tugaga Misa Telefoni Retzlaff.

𝐒𝐮𝐢 𝐨 𝐥𝐞 ‘Ā𝐢𝐠𝐚 𝐞 𝐭ā𝐩ā𝐢𝐧𝐚 𝐥𝐞 𝐏𝐢𝐧𝐞:
Erika Retzlaff- Chan Ting [afafine]

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𝐂𝐎𝐌𝐏𝐀𝐍𝐈𝐎𝐍 𝐎𝐑𝐃𝐄𝐑 𝐎𝐅 𝐒𝐀𝐌𝐎𝐀

Hon Lesamatauanuu Tugaga Misa Telefoni Retzlaff has been awarded the Companion Order of Samoa.

This prestigious award may be conferred on persons who have made exceptionally important contributions to the State, people, life and culture of Samoa, nationally or internationally, including distinguished leaders who have rendered lengthy and valuable service and friendship to Samoa.

Taula

📌: 𝐇𝐎𝐍. 𝐌𝐈𝐒𝐀 𝐓𝐄𝐋𝐄𝐅𝐎𝐍𝐈 𝐑𝐄𝐓𝐙𝐋𝐀𝐅𝐅
💢: From Falelātai and Samatau

💢: Served as Attorney General from 1986 to 1988
💢: Member of Parliament from 1988 to 2011
💢: Elected Deputy Prime Minister in 2001
💢: Served for 23 years as Member of Parliament representing Falelatai & Samatau.

Author

Misa Telefoni Retzlaff is a published author. His first novel, “Love and Money” is a love story about the richest young bachelor in Auckland New Zealand falling in love with and marrying a young Samoan woman who worked part time as a kitchen help at the young man’s exclusive bording school.

“To Thine Own Self be True” is a collection of articles, speeches and poems written over the span of Misa Telefoni’s illustrious career.

In 2021 he published an autobiography, Tautua – Memoirs of a Public Servant.

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