Samoa

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Image: Samoa yielding postcard

Samoa yielding postcard

Manatū Taonga, the Ministry for Culture and Heritage

Image: Expeditionary Force - Occupation of German Samoa by NZEF

Expeditionary Force - Occupation of German Samoa by NZEF

Archives New Zealand Te Rua Mahara o te Kāwanatanga

Newspaper

OCCUPATION OF SAMOA (Thames Star, 02 September 1914)

National Library of New Zealand

Image: OCCUPATION OF SAMOA (Otago Daily Times 5-8-1916)

OCCUPATION OF SAMOA (Otago Daily Times 5-8-1916)

National Library of New Zealand

Image: OCCUPATION OF SAMOA. (Otago Daily Times 15-11-1916)

OCCUPATION OF SAMOA. (Otago Daily Times 15-11-1916)

National Library of New Zealand

Image: SAID TO BE NEW ZEALAND'S OLDEST.-^-Mr. George1 Anderson, who is 106 years old, is an inmate of the^Old.People's Home at Hokitika. On his ■ 106th-birthday, last .Saturday, he received con? gratulations from the Governor-General and many/others. :■ ArWAR- ANNIVERSARY.-—Tomorroio -.is the twenly:second .anniversary of the occupation of Samoa by New. Zealand troops, when the two /photographs. here. reproduced were taken. Above, the scene outside the Courthouse at Apia as the Union Jack was hoisted. On right, the landing of-the sth'Wellington Regiment -af Apia on- the day of occupation. : The bridge in the distance spans the' Vaisigano River,-which-;rises-near Vailima, the old homeiof Robert Louis r Stevenson. ■ (Evening Post, 28 August 1936)

SAID TO BE NEW ZEALAND'S OLDEST.-^-Mr. George1 Anderson, who is 106 years old, is an inmate of the^Old.People's Home at Hokitika. On his ■ 106th-bi...

National Library of New Zealand

Image: Wireless Locomotive—converted from seagoing engine. — Photo by A. J. Tattersall, Apia

Wireless Locomotive—converted from seagoing engine. — Photo by A. J. Tattersall, Apia

Victoria University of Wellington

Image: Robert Logan in Samoa

Robert Logan in Samoa

Manatū Taonga, the Ministry for Culture and Heritage

Image: NZ troopships at Wellington, October 1914

NZ troopships at Wellington, October 1914

Manatū Taonga, the Ministry for Culture and Heritage

Image: Route taken by the Samoan Expeditionary Force, August, 1914

Route taken by the Samoan Expeditionary Force, August, 1914

Victoria University of Wellington

Image: Raising the Union Jack in Samoa

Raising the Union Jack in Samoa

Manatū Taonga, the Ministry for Culture and Heritage

Image: Colonel Robert Logan and Colonel Paterson, Western Samoa

Colonel Robert Logan and Colonel Paterson, Western Samoa

Alexander Turnbull Library

Image: Nurses in Apia, Samoa, during World War I

Nurses in Apia, Samoa, during World War I

Alexander Turnbull Library

Image: World War 1 hospital and staff, Apia, Samoa

World War 1 hospital and staff, Apia, Samoa

Alexander Turnbull Library

Image: Group, including nurses, on board a troopship en route to Samoa

Group, including nurses, on board a troopship en route to Samoa

Alexander Turnbull Library

Image: Tattersall, Alfred James, 1866-1951 :Man in taro plantation, Samoa

Tattersall, Alfred James, 1866-1951 :Man in taro plantation, Samoa

Alexander Turnbull Library

Image: New Zealand troops arriving to annex Samoa for Britain during World War I

New Zealand troops arriving to annex Samoa for Britain during World War I

Alexander Turnbull Library

Image: New Zealand troops arriving to annex Samoa for Britain during World War I

New Zealand troops arriving to annex Samoa for Britain during World War I

Alexander Turnbull Library

Image: Scene at the Courthouse, Apia, Western Samoa, during the ceremony for the raising of the Union Jack

Scene at the Courthouse, Apia, Western Samoa, during the ceremony for the raising of the Union Jack

Alexander Turnbull Library

Image: Landing of Officers with a white flag from H.M.A.S. Australia, to demand surrender of Samoa Aug 29th 1914.

Landing of Officers with a white flag from H.M.A.S. Australia, to demand surrender of Samoa Aug 29th 1914.

Auckland War Memorial Museum Tāmaki Paenga Hira

Image: Postcard, 'German War Flag captured at Samoa by New Zealand Expeditionary Force'

Postcard, 'German War Flag captured at Samoa by New Zealand Expeditionary Force'

Museum of New Zealand Te Papa Tongarewa

Image: Apia Wireless Station

Apia Wireless Station

Victoria University of Wellington

Image: Fifth (Wellington) Machine Gunners. Photo by A. J. Tattersall, Apia

Fifth (Wellington) Machine Gunners. Photo by A. J. Tattersall, Apia

Victoria University of Wellington

Image: 3/57 Pvte. Wilkie Mardon. Died of Sickness, Egypt, 26/1/17

3/57 Pvte. Wilkie Mardon. Died of Sickness, Egypt, 26/1/17

Victoria University of Wellington

Image: Group of nursing staff and members of the armed forces at Apia Hospital during World War I

Group of nursing staff and members of the armed forces at Apia Hospital during World War I

Alexander Turnbull Library

Image: Mau parade

Mau parade

Manatū Taonga, the Ministry for Culture and Heritage

Image: Mau insignia

Mau insignia

Manatū Taonga, the Ministry for Culture and Heritage

Image: Women Mau leaders

Women Mau leaders

Manatū Taonga, the Ministry for Culture and Heritage

Newspaper

SAMOAN MAU (Evening Post, 24 April 1930)

National Library of New Zealand

Image: Mau supporters in 1930

Mau supporters in 1930

Manatū Taonga, the Ministry for Culture and Heritage

Image: The head of a procession of a thousand women of the Samoan Mau movement

The head of a procession of a thousand women of the Samoan Mau movement

Alexander Turnbull Library

Newspaper

MAU DISTURBANCE (Evening Post, 30 December 1929)

National Library of New Zealand

Image: Sailors removing the white band, the insignia of the Mau, from lava lavas

Sailors removing the white band, the insignia of the Mau, from lava lavas

Alexander Turnbull Library

Newspaper

SAMOAN TROUBLE (Evening Post, 21 February 1928)

National Library of New Zealand