Malua

Malua is a small village on the Samoan island of Upolu.

The name originates from the Samoan word "Maluapapa" which is translated 'shelter under the rock'.

It is located on the northwestern coast of the island in the electoral constituency (faipule district) of Sagaga Le Falefa which forms part of the larger political district Tuamasaga.

Today Malua is where all activities for the Congregational Christian Church in Samoa are centred, especially its General Assembly held annually in May.

[4] A prominent Samoan who attended Malua Theological College was historian Teo Tuvale whose father, a pastor at Faleasi'u village, had been one of the first students to study at the seminary during the 19th century.

Interior of a church in Malua village, 1905, showing Samoan architecture incorporated into the building.