10/14/2026
“The Findings are not surprising, they are in fact depressing."
"They show nothing has really changed and they reinforce concerns raised in our 2018 National Inquiry on Family Violence about the normalisation of violence within homes and communities,” he said.
Vui said the inquiry had found that 86 per cent of children experienced violence and warned that acceptance of violence could contribute to its continuation across generations.
“Children are not born violent, they learn it. From whom? From us the adults and from their peers,” he said.
Ombudsman Vui Clarence Nelson has described survey findings on violent discipline of children in Samoa as “shocking and alarming”, saying they expose a gap between children’s right to protection and their everyday experiences.“I have said it before and I will say it again, ‘you call it sas...
