Deputy Prime Minister Telefoni Retzlaff Misa of Samoa

China according to Misa remains a close friend to the Government of Samoa.

Misa is in Auckland to lead the Samoan delegation to the Pasifika festival this weekend.

But Misa is quite pleased he made his heroine a virgin until her marriage, aged 24, because a surprising number of young people - 20 and 30-somethings - have commented favourably on it.

also minister of finance since 2001.