Samoa

A DigitalNZ Story by National Library of New Zealand Topics

Discover the rich culture, and traditions like White Sunday, fables (fāgogo), songs, dance (Siva Samoa), games (kilikiti), history and handicrafts of this island nation in the Pacific and also why it is a popular tourist destination. SCIS no. 1820362

social_sciences, arts, history

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The Samoan flag

flag, national

Auckland War Memorial Museum Tāmaki Paenga Hira

Samoa Language Week

Services to Schools

Samoan Language week

Services to Schools

Image: Expeditionary Force - Occupation of German Samoa by NZEF

The occupation of German Samoa by NZEF

Expeditionary Force - Occupation of German Samoa by NZEF

Archives New Zealand Te Rua Mahara o te Kāwanatanga

Samoa today

Samoa Today - An Account of Samoan History up to 1918

Victoria University of Wellington

Image: Salamasina

Salamasina

Museum of New Zealand Te Papa Tongarewa

Image: Afio Mai I Samoa - Welcome to Samoa

Afio Mai I Samoa - Welcome to Samoa

Christchurch City Libraries

Samoans: culture and identity

Samoans: Culture and identity

Manatū Taonga, the Ministry for Culture and Heritage

Image: Samoan White Sunday celebrations, Congregational Christian Church of Samoa, Grey Lynn, Auckland

Samoan White Sunday celebrations, Auckland

Samoan White Sunday celebrations, Congregational Christian Church of Samoa, Grey Lynn, Auckland

Museum of New Zealand Te Papa Tongarewa

Samoa

Services to Schools

Samoa’s trade

SAMOA'S TRADE (Marlborough Express, 03 September 1914)

National Library of New Zealand

Image: Pate (cricket bat)

Pate (Samoan cricket bat)

Pate (cricket bat)

Museum of New Zealand Te Papa Tongarewa

Image: Samoan cricket

Samoan cricket Ref: EP/1959/0050-F

Samoan cricket

Alexander Turnbull Library

Image: Ipu lama (coconut cup mortar and pestle)

Ipu lama (coconut cup mortar and pestle)

Museum of New Zealand Te Papa Tongarewa

Image: The Yandall Sisters

The Yandall Sisters

Manatū Taonga, the Ministry for Culture and Heritage

Image: Dei Hamo

Dei Hamo

NZ On Screen

Samoan inquiry reveals 7542 deaths due to the flu epidemic.

SAMOAN INQUIRY. (Northern Advocate, 10 July 1919)

National Library of New Zealand

Image: Interior of a Samoan Fale

Interior of a Samoan fale

Interior of a Samoan Fale

Alexander Turnbull Library

Image: Images of Samoa in 1949 and others from Archives New Zealand

Images of Samoa in 1949

Images of Samoa in 1949 and others from Archives New Zealand

Archives New Zealand Te Rua Mahara o te Kāwanatanga

Image: Pupils of Strathmore Park School with food for umu - Photograph taken by Evening Post

Pupils of Strathmore Park School with food for umu

Pupils of Strathmore Park School with food for umu - Photograph taken by Evening Post

Alexander Turnbull Library

Image: Cocoa beans drying in the sun, Samoa

Cocoa beans drying in Samoa

Cocoa beans drying in the sun, Samoa

Alexander Turnbull Library

Image: Woman picking coconut, Western Samoa

Woman picking coconut

Woman picking coconut, Western Samoa

Alexander Turnbull Library

Image: [Lister family] :Samoan. Tatoo. [ca 1888]

Samoan tattoo

[Lister family] :Samoan. Tatoo. [ca 1888]

Alexander Turnbull Library

Image: Sāmoan storytimes, Hornby Library

Sāmoan storytimes, Hornby Library

Christchurch City Libraries

Samoa

Services to Schools

Damon Salesa

Services to Schools

Samoa Observer

Services to Schools

Fāgogo

Services to Schools

Image: THE SAMOAN MAT. (Clutha Leader 9-10-1914)

The Samoan mat

THE SAMOAN MAT. (Clutha Leader 9-10-1914)

National Library of New Zealand

digital Pasific.org

Services to Schools

Apia our story

Services to Schools

Image: Samoa (1949)

Samoa (1949)

Archives New Zealand Te Rua Mahara o te Kāwanatanga

Image: O le Sulu Samoa: A legacy of light in the archives

O le Sulu Samoa: A legacy of light in the archives

Auckland War Memorial Museum Tāmaki Paenga Hira