[2] He has previously worked for the World Wide Fund for Nature,[3] the Samoan government's Division of Environment and Conservation, Seacology, and as an environmental consultant.

[8] in August 2013 he was convicted of unlawful assembly, resisting police, obstruction and using foul language and fined US$635.

[5] On 24 May 2021 he was appointed Minister of Natural Resources and Environment in the elected cabinet of Fiamē Naomi Mataʻafa.

On 23 July 2021 the Court of Appeal ruled that the swearing-in ceremony was constitutional and binding, and that FAST had been the government since 24 May.

[13] On 3 June he resigned his portfolio, which was later reassigned to prime minister Fiamē Naomi Mata‘afa.

[21] In the event the COP28 agreement was made when the Alliance of Small Island States's chief negotiator, Samoan Anna Rasmussen, was not in the room.