Levi Tavita is a PhD student of the University of Canterbury, Christchurch, New Zealand who is doing his research on Samoan Politics at the Macmillan Brown Centre for Pacific Studies. 

His topic is power relations and political continuity in Samoa: a study of cultural hegemony in a developing democracy.

He has a multidisciplinary working background, taking on roles in both Samoa and New Zealand’s public service; worked as editor for a bilingual newspaper; served as a teacher; his current role as publisher of educational material highlight his preoccupation with languages and their facilitation for the service of minority learners.