Zita Martel

Vaimasenu'u Zita Sefo-Martel is a fautasi skipper in Samoa.[1][2] She is also an honorary consul of France.[3] Martel has also become a decorated officer of the National Order of Merit.[4]

Zita Martel in 2011.

Biography

Martel attended Canterbury University, where she had been a rower.[5]

In 2000, her local church needed a skipper for their longboat, or fautasi.[6] At first she refused the request, but was eventually persuaded to give it a try.[6] When she became the skipper for her church, she also became the first woman to act as captain in the fautasi races in 2001.[1][4]

Martel also speaks out against domestic violence in Samoa.[4]

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gollark: I think we would notice.
gollark: I probably need more commas, yes.
gollark: IIRC the Pi cameras are significantly more expensive than you'd expect because the Raspberry Pi Foundation actually has the drivers locked down to only allow cameras with a crypto chip from them to be used.
gollark: Doesn't the Pi 4 have problems with those because they wired the resistors wrong or something? Also, this is a Pi 3B.

References
  1. "Eight To Be Recognized as 2013 Stars of Oceania". University of Hawaii News. Retrieved 2017-11-08.
  2. "Vaimasenuu Zita Sefo-Martel (vaega 1)". Samoa Times (in Samoan). 2010-07-10. Retrieved 2017-11-08.
  3. "Consulate of France in Apia, Samoa". Embassy Pages. Retrieved 2017-11-08.
  4. "Zita Martel". Pacific Community. 2017-09-26. Retrieved 2017-11-08.
  5. Sinclair, Shirley (10 March 2012). "Zita's Simply '~oarsome'". News Mail. Retrieved 8 November 2017 – via LexisNexis.
  6. Phillips, Adrian (2013-04-27). "Fishing for compliments on the South Pacific outpost of Samoa". The Independent. Retrieved 2017-11-08.
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