[1] He is a matai from the village of Sili[2] on the island of Savai'i and has an honorary doctorate from Drew University in the United States.
[1] During his political career, he was a member of the Human Rights Protection Party (HRPP) and a cabinet minister with the portfolios of economic affairs and post office.
[3] Prior to entering politics, Pita was acting principal of Alafua Agricultural Campus in Samoa, part of the University of the South Pacific.
Their eldest son Mr. Semisi Aiono is a general surgeon who graduated from the University of Otago Medical School in New Zealand.
In 2009, a third daughter Fanaafi Aiono-Le Tagaloa, also a published author, became the first Samoan-born person to gain a PhD in law from Otago university.