New Zealand administration of Western Samoa under League of Nations mandate

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The New Zealand administration of Western Samoa under League of Nations mandate was a colonial trusteeship period (from after World War I until Samoan independence) during which New Zealand governed Western Samoa on behalf of the League, shaping much of the territory’s modern political and social development.

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instanceOf League of Nations mandate
colonial administration
trusteeship regime
administeringPower New Zealand
affected Samoan chiefly system (faamatai)
Samoan land tenure system
Samoan political institutions
associatedWith Samoan nationalist movement
capitalOfAdministeredTerritory Apia
characterizedAs colonial trusteeship period
coexistedWithLocalLanguage Samoan
countryAdministered Western Samoa
linked to: Samoa
endedWith independence of Western Samoa
endYear 1962
goalStatedByMandate preparation for self-government
well-being and development of inhabitants
historicalContext decolonization era
interwar period
includedEvent Black Saturday (1929)
Mau movement
includedInstitution Native Affairs Department
New Zealand Administrator of Western Samoa
Samoan Fono (council of chiefs)
includedPolicy economic development of copra industry
health and education services expansion
indirect rule through Samoan chiefs
influenced Samoan constitution of 1962
Samoa–New Zealand bilateral relations
languageOfAdministration English
legalBasis League of Nations mandate system
mandateClass Class C mandate
oversightBody Permanent Mandates Commission
policyImpact modern political development of Samoa
modern social development of Samoa
precededBy German colonial administration of Samoa
region Oceania
Polynesia
relatedTo United Nations trusteeship system
reportedTo League of Nations Council
startAfterEvent World War I
startYear 1919
1920
succeededBy Independent State of Western Samoa
linked to: Samoa
territorialScope Savai'i
linked to: Savaiʻi

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underAuthorityOf League of Nations

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Western Samoa Act 1961 followed New Zealand administration of Western Samoa under League of Nations mandate
Western Samoa Act 1961 followed New Zealand administration of Western Samoa under United Nations trusteeship
linked to: New Zealand administration of Western Samoa under League of Nations mandate
New Zealand administration of Western Samoa under League of Nations mandate includedInstitution New Zealand Administrator of Western Samoa
linked to: New Zealand administration of Western Samoa under League of Nations mandate
Samoan pound monetaryAuthority New Zealand administration (historical)
linked to: New Zealand administration of Western Samoa under League of Nations mandate