A man accused of stealing funds from an overseas funded Marine Protected Area project in Samoa is to be extradited from New Zealand.
Samoa's Minister for Natural Resources and Environment, Fa'amoetauloa Ulaitino Fa'ale Tumaali'i, said in Parliament that police in Samoa and New Zealand are working together in the search for the man.
The accused and his family have been living in New Zealand for almost three years.
The project, in the Aleipata and Safata districts, was funded by Conservation International and its representative in Samoa said the accused worked for the Ministry of Natural Resources and Environment at the time.
She also said the amount lost was more than 130,000 US dollars.
