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Treaty of Waitangi translations
The Treaty of Waitangi translated into Cook Islands, Samoan, Tongan, Niuean and Tokelau languages
1929 - key events
A selection of key New Zealand events from 1929
Raising the New Zealand flag in Apia, 1930s
Ceremony for the raising of the New Zealand flag at the Courthouse, Apia, Western Samoa. Photograph taken between 1935 and 1940
Mau versus mandate cartoon, 1930
Cartoon showing relationship between NZ administration and Mau in Samoa in 1930
Mau supporters in 1930
Six Mau supporters, five of whom are wearing the white stripe, pose in front of the camera
Pursuing the Mau in 1930 - slideshow
A series of images relating to the pursuit and arrest of Mau in January 1930
Tupua Tamasese lying in state
The lying in state of Tupua Tamasese Lealofi III, Samoa, 1929
Funeral of Tupua Tamasese Lealofi III
Pall bearers and Mau police carrying the coffin of Tupua Tamasese Lealofi III
Women Mau leaders
The leaders of the women's Mau; Mrs Tuimaliifano, Mrs Tamasese, Mrs Nelson, Mrs Faumuina, c1930
Women's Mau committee
Group photograph of leaders and committee of the Women's Mau, 1930
First Legislative Council in Samoa
Members of the first Legislative Council of Western Samoa c 1921
Mau parade
Mau parade moving west along Beach Road, Apia, Samoa
Apia police station
Fale o Leoleo, Police station, Apia c 1930. A Lewis gun mounted on the balcony of this building fired over the heads of marchers on Black Saturday.
Black Saturday map
Map showing movements of Mau and Police on Black Saturday
NZ Truth report on Mau resistance in 1928
This article from the Truth describes how Mau supporters were making a mockery of the New Zealand administration in Samoa.
Group of Mau supporters
A group of Mau supporters, photographed outside the premises of Morris Hedstrom Ltd in Samoa
Non-Mau Samoans - Malietoa Tanumafili I
Not all Samoans supported the Mau. Even Mau estimates suggest that, at the height of its popularity, at least one in ten Samoans supported the New Zealand administration.
Olaf Nelson and the place of afakasi in Samoa
One of the Samoan terms for Samoa's part-European population is ‘afakasi. This term does not necessarily have the same negative connotations as its English translation, ‘half-caste’.
The banishment of Tupua Tamasese Lealofi III
The Samoan Offenders Ordinance was used against Tupua Tamasese Lealofi III for one of the more trivial offences committed during Richardson's administration.
League of Nations mandates in the Pacific
Map showing the boundaries of League of Nations mandated areas in the Pacific.

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