[5] At the World Press Freedom Day ceremonies at Hotel Kitano Tusitala, Autagavaia told of how in recent years, the major changes that had taken place in Samoa.
[5] Autagavaia and Samoa Observer editor-in-chief Savea Sano Malifa in appeals to the government to remove restrictions, they urged Prime Minister Tuilaepa Aiono Sailele Malielegaoi and Deputy Prime Minister Misa Telefoni to remove the Printing and Publishing Act, to try to force news media to reveal their sources of information and remove the criminal libel laws.
He said NESCO.orgsenior state-run radio media shouldn't be frightened to put all viewpoints and news on air.
[6] In 2007 Tipi Autagavaia and another reporter told by Maposua Rudolf Keil, the owner of Samoa Radio Polynesia to stop attending SDUP’s news conferences.
Station owner Maposua Keil also banned further coverage of corruption stories by the SDUP leader.