Na soifua mai o ia i Samoa i le afio’aga o Vailoa Palauli, Savai’i i ona tua’a o Setefano Liuliu Tuimaleali’ifano ma Malia I’asa Asiata Te’o. O ona tua’a sa galulue Fa’afesoasoani i Samoa ma ua fai i le lagi la la’ua folauga.
Sa a’oa’oina ia i le Aoga Fa’ata’ita’i i Moamoa, A’oga Tulagalua i Taelefaga, Fagaloa, A’oga Marist Brothers School i Mulivai, Apia, ona soso’o ai lea ma le A’oga maualuga a Saint Joseph’s College i Lotopa. Na fa’amanuiaina taumafaiga fa’alea’oa’oga ma faigaluega ai i ni galuega fa’aofisa i le Justice Department i Apia, Western Samoa Trust Estate Corporation (WSTEC), Polynesian Airlines i Samoa. I Niu Sila sa galue o ia i le Skills Update Training Ltd ma se tasi o faiaoga.
Na fa’ae’eina ia te ia le suafa Maiava mai le alalafaga o Gataivai, Savai’i i le aiga o lona tina. Ua ova ma le 30 tausaga talu ona fa’aipoipo atu i le Afioga ia Tuifa’asisina Sia Peni Vitolio mai Vaimoso ma Satuimalufilufi ma e to’a lima o la alo ma grandchildren e to’a fitu.
E fiafia tele e malaga e asiasi ma tafao i isi atunu’u. Ma o nisi o atunu’u ta’uta’ua ua asiasi atu i ai le Afioga ma lona faletua e aofia ai:-
• Holy Land pilgrimage with Sia visiting Jordan & Israel Biblical places (May 1991),
• Vatican City attending the beatification of John Paul II (May 2011),
• Vatican City with son Raphael, attending the canonization of Saint John Paul II and Saint John XXIII (April 2014)
O se tagata e au’auna i le Atua e ala i lona tautua Ekalesia aemaise o ona tagata ma lona aiga.
• 1986 – 1989 Peresitene mafutaga Ekalesia Samoa, Onehunga.
• 1990 Matafale i le mafutaga Ekalesia Samoa, Mangere Central,
• 1994 – 1996 Peresitene i le mafutaga, Ekalesia Mangere Central.
• 2001, Peresitene aoao, Mafutaga Katol iko Samoa o Aukilani
• 2001 till now – Fundraising Housie Co-ordinator
• 2002 -2015 – Sui Peresitene aoao, Mafutaga Katoliko Samoa o Aukilani
• 2014 – Current, Board of Directors, Malaeola Centre, Ltd
Afioga Maiava was born and raised in the village of Vailoa Palauli, Savai’i to his parents, the late Setefano Liuliu Tuimaleali’ifano ma Malia I’asa Asiata Te’o. They worked as Catechists for many years in Samoa.
Educated at Aoga Fa’ata’ita’i i Moamoa, Ta’elefaga Primary School, Fagaloa and continued at Marist Brothers School i Mulivai, Apia. He then attended the Saint Joseph’s College in Lotopa.
His schooling ended with doing various jobs working in the offices of Justice Department in Apia, Western Samoa Trust Estate Corporation (WSTEC), Polynesian Airlines in Samoa. In New Zealand he was working as a Tutor at Skills Update Training Ltd.
He was bestowed the title of Maiava at Gataivai Savai’i on his mother’s side of the family. He’s been married for more than 30 years to Tuifa’asisina Sia Peni Vitolio of Vaimoso and Satuimalufilufi and they have five children and seven grandchildren.
His love of travels has taken him and his wife to a lot of places around the world and his highlights included the following:-
• Holy Land pilgrimage with Sia visiting Jordan & Israel Biblical places (May2011)
• Vatican City attending the beatification of John Paul II (April 2013),
• Vatican City with son Raphael, attending the canonization of Saint John Paul II and Saint John XXIII
His passion for the Lord and his servant heart and commitment to his people and his family has seen him in positions of leadership as follows:
• 1986 – 1989 President Samoan Community, Onehunga.
• 1990 Member of Samoan Community, Mangere Central
• 1994 – 1996 President Samoan Community Mangere Central
• 2001, Executive President, Auckland Catholic Samoan Community
• 2001 till now – Fundraising Housie Co-coordinator
• 2002 -2015 – Vice Executive President Auckland Catholic Samoan Community
• 2014 – Current, Board of Directors, Malaeola Centre, Ltd