Aveau Niko Palamo

Aveau Tuala Lepale Niko Faitala Palamo is a Samoan rugby player, judge, politician and former member of the Legislative Assembly of Samoa. He is a member of the Tautua Samoa Party.

Niko Palamo
Member of the Samoa Parliament
for Faleata East
In office
4 March 2011 – 4 March 2016
Preceded byPatau'ave Etuale
Succeeded bySalausa John Ah Ching
Personal details
Political partyTautua Samoa Party
Niko Palamo
Birth nameAveau Tuala Lepale Niko Faitala Palamo
Date of birthdate of birth unknown
Place of birthSamoa
Rugby union career
Position(s) Centre
Senior career
Years Team Apps (Points)
197?-198? Marist St. Joseph ()
International career
Years Team Apps (Points)
1979-1986 Samoa 14 (4)
Coaching career
Years Team
2008-2009 Samoa

Aveau is a former Manu Samoa 15s and 7s rugby player and coach.[1] He was elected to the Legislative Assembly of Samoa in the 2011 election, representing the constituency of Faleata East.[2] Aveau beat 3 other candidates from the villages of Vaimoso, Lepea and Vailoa to gain the seat, with a convincing win of more than 200 votes over the second place candidate from Lepea. He ran again in the 2016 election,[3] but was unsuccessful.

Following his departure from politics Palamo coached the Samoa women's national rugby union team.[4] In May 2018 he was appointed Director of the 2019 Pacific Games Committee,[5] but he resigned in November of that year due to differences with the committee.[6][7]

In December 2019 Palamo was appointed as a judge of the Lands and Titles court.[8]

References
  1. Mathew Lemisio (15 January 2008). "Rugby: Palamo new Coach for Manu Samoa". New Zealand Herald. Retrieved 27 December 2020.
  2. "Samoa election results coming in slowly". RNZ. 5 March 2011. Retrieved 27 December 2020.
  3. Diedre Fanene (24 February 2016). "'Samoa needs new ideas'". Samoa Observer. Retrieved 27 December 2020.
  4. Nefertiti Matatia (8 November 2017). "Manu Sina joins their brothers at Oceania Sevens". Samoa Observer. Retrieved 27 December 2020.
  5. "Former Samoa MP Director of Pacific Games Committee". Fiji Times. 14 May 2018. Retrieved 27 December 2020.
  6. Joyetter Feagaimaali’i-Luamanu (20 November 2018). "Games Director quits". Samoa Observer. Retrieved 27 December 2020.
  7. "Director of Pacific Games Organizing Committee resigns". Talanei. 23 November 2018. Retrieved 27 December 2020.
  8. "7 new Samoa Lands and Titles court judges to be sworn in". RNZ. 23 December 2019. Retrieved 27 December 2020.


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