Safune
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![Olaf Frederick Nelson (middle, sixth from left) with his daughters on their return to Samoa from exile in New Zealand, 1933](/Images/godic/202502/08/WS_-Olaf_Frederick_Nelson1347.jpg")
![Child at Mata o le Alelo pool, Matavai village](/Images/godic/202502/08/Child_leaning_down_to_take_a_drink_of_water_at_the_Mata_o_le_Alelo_fresh_water_pool,_Matavai_village,_Savai'i,_Samoa_20091347.JPG")
Safune is a traditional village district on the central north coast of Savai'i island in Samoa. It lies within the electoral constituency of Gaga'ifomauga. Safune is the birthplace of Mau leader Olaf Frederick Nelson and the filming location of Moana (1926 film), one of the first documentaries made in the world. The Mata o le Alelo pool associated with the Sina and the Eel Polynesian legend is also in Safune.