KJ Apa is now an official Samoan chief. During a traditional ceremony in his village of Moata’a, the 25-year-old Riverdale star bestowed the Samoan chiefly title Matai on Thursday (1 September).
The Government of Samoa, through the Ministry of Natural Resources and Environment, held the recognition ceremony at Taumeasina Island Resort in Apia on the tsunami’s seventeenth anniversary.
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Prime Minister Christopher Luxon refuses to say if he tried to call off Samoa matai ceremony
The furore over Christopher Luxon's new matai title is refusing to go away, after local media in Samoa reported there was a late night phone call saying he didn't want to go ahead with it after "too ...
President Reese greets Prime Minister Fiamē Naomi Mataʻafa of Samoa. Once the greeting concluded, President Reese joined the welcome ceremony. (Angela Hernandez) BYU hosted the prime minister of Samoa ...
The "Riverdale" star revealed the news with an Instagram post on Wednesday that showed him at the ceremony in Moata'a, a village on the island of Upolu in Samoa. Apa plays Archie Andrews, the lead ...
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