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Mapping the Sāmoa Collections: The First World War and New Zealand’s Empire

In the Sāmoa Collections at Te Papa there are at least 60 measina that once belonged to soldiers who served in Sāmoa in World War One. They give us insight into the lives of Sāmoans and New Zealanders at the time, as well as the ways that the relationships between the two countries have changed over more than 100 years.Read more

2023-01-11
By: Alexander Gordon
On: 11 Jan 2023
In: History, Pacific

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