As customary each year, the Samoa High Commissioner and staff hosted the Samoan students from Victoria University to a welcome luncheon on Saturday 16th March 2019 at the Samoa High Commission Office. The reception was well attended by over 30 new, current, scholarship, private and postgraduate students. During his remarks, the High Commissioner H.E Leasi Papali’i T. Scanlan welcomed the students to the Samoa High Commission Office and to Wellington and concluded by saying a prayer to acknowledge the devastating Christchurch mass shootings at the Muslim mosques on Friday 15th March 2019. The High Commissioner went on to encourage the students to be vigilant in their school work, always thinking of their families support and to call into the Samoa High Commission should they ever require any assistance.