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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Predicate Object
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

Upolu ⓘ
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