Su'apa'ia Tuipelehake Family Reunion 2025

Las Vegas, Nevada, U.S.A.

 

   

We have finished counting all the votes.  147 total votes were cast.  34 votes for Samoa.  113 votes for Las Vegas.  The majority of the family chose Las Vegas, Nevada as the site for our next family reunion in 2025.

 

Go to our "Contact Us" page if you are interested in joining the 2025 Planning Committee.  We welcome everyone of you to help us make the next reunion the best ever! 

 

Thank you to all of you who took the time to vote!  We look forward to seeing each and every one of you at the next reunion. 

 

Viva Las Vegas!!!

 

 

Why was a second vote taken?

 

Under the direction of our elders, the vote was reopened from December 26, 2023 to March 1, 2024 on this website.  It was announced on Facebook as well as here.  This would allow the whole family worldwide a chance to vote for the next location.  This is how all reunions in the past have been determined.  The process is as follows:

 

  1. Different locations are required to put in their bid
  2. All locations are featured in a cover story both on the website and on Facebook
  3. A voting period is established
  4. The winning location is announced

 

In all the excitement on the final night of the New Zealand Reunion, the family in attendance called a vote. Through shouts of "Samoa! Samoa!" the decision to hold it there was made which left the majority of the family (who were not in attendance) out of the vote.

 

It was determined that to be fair, the vote had to be reopened.  But that does not eliminate Samoa.  The Samoa Reunion is scheduled for 2026.  It was decided in New Zealand that to give Samoa enough time to prepare, they would need 3 years.  From April, 2023 to April, 2026 is 3 solid years.  

 

We look forward to hearing more from the Samoa Reunion Committee going into the future.  We have created a special page here on our website the would feature all the information coming from Samoa so that the entire family can prepare for this very special reunion.  Communication is very important.  We will be updating the Samoa and the Las Vegas page every month.