UBS Vice-President made honorary Samoan chief

SAMOA — UBS Vice-President Dr George Barton was made an honorary Samoan chief, or matai, at a special ceremony in Wellington. This honour was “long overdue”, according to Samoan MP Leota-Suatele.

Dr Barton, who is also a former President of the Bible Society in New Zealand, received the mataiship in recognition of his “strong advocacy before the Privy Council of Samoan citizenship in the 1980s”. He is the first non-politician to be honoured in this way. (WR 375/8 - 3.03) e-230