Samoa travel advice
New Zealand occupied the German protectorate of Western Samoa at the outbreak of World War I in 1914. It continued to administer the islands as a mandate and then as a trust territory until 1962, when the islands became the first Polynesian nation to reestablish independence in the 20th century. The country dropped the “Western” from its name in 1997.
Location – Oceania, group of islands in the South Pacific Ocean, about half way between Hawaii and New Zealand
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