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Lāuga / Opening Oratory ‘Ua logo i tino matagi lelei Benevolent winds embrace the body ‘O lenei galuega sa fauao, faupō, This work, constructed day and night ‘Ua māe‘a i le alofa o le Atua. Is completed with God’s help. ‘Ua tātou ‘ae‘ae ai nei i ni fa‘alumaga fa‘alemāfaufau a le ‘au tusitala, We celebrate now the intellect of our writers, O ‘upu e lē pala, Words will not rot, O le gagana fo‘i e feso‘ota‘i ai tagata. Tulou! Language itself is a tool that links all humans. O lenei tusi ua fa’apitoa mo gagana a tagata Pasefika ua aumau i atunu‘u i fafo This special issue is about Pacific languages in diaspora O se taeao lea mo tagata Pasefika Is a historical moment for the native people of the Pacific. Amerasia Journal 43:1 (2017): ix-xxiii https://doi.org/10.17953/aj.43.1.ix-xxiii