Samoan culture

A DigitalNZ Story by john aiono

Image: Three Samoan men, Samoa

Three Samoan men, Samoa

Alexander Turnbull Library

Image: Samoa

Samoa

Museum of New Zealand Te Papa Tongarewa

Image: Tama Samoa - Samoan Man

Tama Samoa - Samoan Man

Auckland Art Gallery Toi o Tāmaki

Image: Mataafa Samoa

Mataafa Samoa

Auckland War Memorial Museum Tāmaki Paenga Hira

Image: Mataafa Samoa

Mataafa Samoa

Auckland War Memorial Museum Tāmaki Paenga Hira

Image: [Church, Samoa]

[Church, Samoa]

Auckland War Memorial Museum Tāmaki Paenga Hira

Image: [Church, Samoa]

[Church, Samoa]

Auckland War Memorial Museum Tāmaki Paenga Hira

Image: [Church, Samoa]

[Church, Samoa]

Auckland War Memorial Museum Tāmaki Paenga Hira

Image: Samoan Girls

Samoan Girls

Auckland Libraries

Image: Fort Samoa

Fort Samoa

Alexander Turnbull Library

Image: Group, Samoa

Group, Samoa

Alexander Turnbull Library

Image: Samoan cricket

Samoan cricket

Alexander Turnbull Library

Image: Men, Samoa

Men, Samoa

Alexander Turnbull Library

Image: Samoan man

Samoan man

Alexander Turnbull Library

Image: House, Samoa

House, Samoa

Alexander Turnbull Library

Image: Samoan dancers

Samoan dancers

Alexander Turnbull Library

Image: Fishing, Samoa

Fishing, Samoa

Alexander Turnbull Library

Image: [Samoan girl]

[Samoan girl]

Museum of New Zealand Te Papa Tongarewa

Image: [Samoan man]

[Samoan man]

Museum of New Zealand Te Papa Tongarewa

Image: Samoan woman

Samoan woman

Museum of New Zealand Te Papa Tongarewa

Image: Samoan Girl

Samoan Girl

Museum of New Zealand Te Papa Tongarewa

Image: [Samoan girl]

[Samoan girl]

Museum of New Zealand Te Papa Tongarewa

Image: Tattooing, Samoa

Tattooing, Samoa

Museum of New Zealand Te Papa Tongarewa

Image: Samoan man

Samoan man

Museum of New Zealand Te Papa Tongarewa

Image: Samoan man

Samoan man

Museum of New Zealand Te Papa Tongarewa

Image: [Samoan girl]

[Samoan girl]

Museum of New Zealand Te Papa Tongarewa

Image: [Samoan girl]

[Samoan girl]

Museum of New Zealand Te Papa Tongarewa

Image: Samoan girl

Samoan girl

Museum of New Zealand Te Papa Tongarewa

Image: Samoan woman

Samoan woman

Museum of New Zealand Te Papa Tongarewa

Image: Samoan King

Samoan King

Museum of New Zealand Te Papa Tongarewa

Image: Samoan siva siva

Samoan siva siva

Auckland War Memorial Museum Tāmaki Paenga Hira

Image: Weaving baskets, Samoa

Weaving baskets, Samoa

Alexander Turnbull Library

Image: Unidentified group, Samoa

Unidentified group, Samoa

Alexander Turnbull Library

Image: Kava ceremony, Samoa

Kava ceremony, Samoa

Alexander Turnbull Library

Image: Malietoa Tanumafili, Samoa

Malietoa Tanumafili, Samoa

Alexander Turnbull Library

Image: Samoan War Canoe

Samoan War Canoe

Museum of New Zealand Te Papa Tongarewa

Image: Group portrait, Samoa

Group portrait, Samoa

MTG Hawke's Bay

Image: Samoan boxer, Tuna Scanlan

Samoan boxer, Tuna Scanlan

Alexander Turnbull Library

Image: Interior of Samoan house

Interior of Samoan house

Alexander Turnbull Library

Image: Catch of turtles, Samoa

Catch of turtles, Samoa

Alexander Turnbull Library

Audio

Interview with Samoan overstayer

Manatū Taonga, the Ministry for Culture and Heritage

Audio

A Western Samoan viewpoint

Manatū Taonga, the Ministry for Culture and Heritage

Image: Samoa (1949)

Samoa (1949)

Archives New Zealand Te Rua Mahara o te Kāwanatanga

Image: [Western Samoa]: First Samoan agricultural show and fair. [King's Birthday sports, band contest, monster procession]. Mulinu'u, June 2 and 4, 1923. [Programme cover]. London Mission Press, Malua, Samoa, [1923].

[Western Samoa]: First Samoan agricultural show and fair. [King's Birthday sports, band contest, monster procession]. Mulinu'u, June 2 and 4, 1923....

Alexander Turnbull Library

Image: Two unidentified men with a Kiribati warrior costume

Two unidentified men with a Kiribati warrior costume

Alexander Turnbull Library

Image: Diamond Jubilee message to Queen Victoria from her British subjects in Samoa

Diamond Jubilee message to Queen Victoria from her British subjects in Samoa

Alexander Turnbull Library

Image: Display of hand work by school children, Samoa.

Display of hand work by school children, Samoa.

Alexander Turnbull Library

Image: Samoan children performing the Sasa at the Opening Ceremony for the 7th Festival of Pacific Arts, Apia, Samoa

Samoan children performing the Sasa at the Opening Ceremony for the 7th Festival of Pacific Arts, Apia, Samoa

Alexander Turnbull Library

Image: Portrait of a Samoan woman

Portrait of a Samoan woman

Alexander Turnbull Library

Image: Kava bowl and cup, Samoa

Kava bowl and cup, Samoa

Alexander Turnbull Library

Image: White Sunday

White Sunday

Manatū Taonga, the Ministry for Culture and Heritage

Image: Namulau'ulu Lavaki Mamoe and other chiefs, aboard a German warship

Namulau'ulu Lavaki Mamoe and other chiefs, aboard a German warship

Alexander Turnbull Library

Image: Photograph of Mata'afa Iosefa

Photograph of Mata'afa Iosefa

Alexander Turnbull Library

Image: Photograph of Tamasese Titimaea

Photograph of Tamasese Titimaea

Alexander Turnbull Library

Image: 'The finish of the tattoo at the left knee'

'The finish of the tattoo at the left knee'

Museum of New Zealand Te Papa Tongarewa

Image: 1985. Chalfont Crescent, Mangere, south Auckland. Epifania Sulu'ape. Tufuga tatatau: Su'a Sulu'ape Paulo II

1985. Chalfont Crescent, Mangere, south Auckland. Epifania Sulu'ape. Tufuga tatatau: Su'a Sulu'ape Paulo II

Museum of New Zealand Te Papa Tongarewa

Image: Rundle, Henry J, fl 1882-1885 :Photograph album of views taken on cruises in Melanesia, Micronesia, Western Polynesia and New Guinea aboard HMS Espiegle

Rundle, Henry J, fl 1882-1885 :Photograph album of views taken on cruises in Melanesia, Micronesia, Western Polynesia and New Guinea aboard HMS Esp...

Alexander Turnbull Library

Image: Making coconut leaf basket

Making coconut leaf basket

The University of Auckland Library

Image: Adze from cutting 3, layer b5 back.

Adze from cutting 3, layer b5 back.

The University of Auckland Library

Image: The present Faumuina Mata'afa

The present Faumuina Mata'afa

Alexander Turnbull Library

Image: King Kapisi

King Kapisi

Manatū Taonga, the Ministry for Culture and Heritage

Image: Transporting Mau prisoners

Transporting Mau prisoners

Manatū Taonga, the Ministry for Culture and Heritage

Image: Faumuina and wife

Faumuina and wife

Alexander Turnbull Library

Image: Lauaki Namulau'ulu Mamoe and other chiefs, aboard a German warship

Lauaki Namulau'ulu Mamoe and other chiefs, aboard a German warship

Alexander Turnbull Library

Image: Su-Va I, adze

Su-Va I, adze

The University of Auckland Library

Image: Apolima, women weaving mat

Apolima, women weaving mat

The University of Auckland Library

Image: Adzes from site SA 3

Adzes from site SA 3

The University of Auckland Library

Image: [Portrait of a woman]

[Portrait of a woman]

Auckland War Memorial Museum Tāmaki Paenga Hira

Image: [Portrait of a woman]

[Portrait of a woman]

Auckland War Memorial Museum Tāmaki Paenga Hira

Image: Man with elephantiasis of the arm

Man with elephantiasis of the arm

Alexander Turnbull Library

Image: Tamasese

Tamasese

Auckland War Memorial Museum Tāmaki Paenga Hira

Image: House building

House building

The University of Auckland Library

Image: [untitled figure] - O Samoa Anamua

[untitled figure] - O Samoa Anamua

Victoria University of Wellington

Image: [untitled figure] - O Samoa Anamua

[untitled figure] - O Samoa Anamua

Victoria University of Wellington

Image: [untitled figure] - O Samoa Anamua

[untitled figure] - O Samoa Anamua

Victoria University of Wellington

Image: [Two Samoan chiefs with cane knives]

[Two Samoan chiefs with cane knives]

Auckland War Memorial Museum Tāmaki Paenga Hira

Image: Octopus lures

Octopus lures

The University of Auckland Library

Image: Fern-haired Samoan woman

Fern-haired Samoan woman

Museum of New Zealand Te Papa Tongarewa

Image: Tapa or Siapo cloth, Samoa

Tapa or Siapo cloth, Samoa

Te Manawa

Image: Tuimaleali’ifano Si’u & Robert Louis Stevenson, Samoa

Tuimaleali’ifano Si’u & Robert Louis Stevenson, Samoa

Museum of New Zealand Te Papa Tongarewa

Image: Man of the Samoan Islands

Man of the Samoan Islands

Auckland Art Gallery Toi o Tāmaki

Image: Reserve Bank of New Zealand 2012 One Dollar Samoa

Reserve Bank of New Zealand 2012 One Dollar Samoa

Reserve Bank of New Zealand

Image: Photograph of the first chief [unidentified] killed during the Samoan war

Photograph of the first chief [unidentified] killed during the Samoan war

Alexander Turnbull Library