kerekere is a form of reciprocity in which one may ask neighbours friends and relatives for goods and services to meet one s basic socioeconomic needs or for the purpose of fulfilling certain social obligations ratuva some of these customs are traditions such as the utu extended family karekare taking turns at joint work with nonutu members te aiai sharing fire bubuti the requesting of gifts based on family relationships te katabetabe burden sharing especially at funerals and tekaonono sharing food with people outside the utu the mata chiefly title system in samoa that controls all local government is a traditional wellorganized social protection system