New Zealand administration of Western Samoa under League of Nations mandate

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League of Nations mandate colonial administration trusteeship regime

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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Surface form	Occurrences
New Zealand administration of Western Samoa under United Nations trusteeship	1

Statements (46)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	League of Nations mandate ⓘ colonial administration ⓘ trusteeship regime ⓘ
administeringPower	New Zealand NERFINISHED ⓘ
affected	Samoan chiefly system (faamatai) NERFINISHED ⓘ Samoan land tenure system ⓘ Samoan political institutions ⓘ
associatedWith	Samoan nationalist movement ⓘ
capitalOfAdministeredTerritory	Apia NERFINISHED ⓘ
characterizedAs	colonial trusteeship period ⓘ
coexistedWithLocalLanguage	Samoan ⓘ
countryAdministered	Western Samoa NERFINISHED ⓘ
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) NERFINISHED ⓘ Mau movement NERFINISHED ⓘ
includedInstitution	Native Affairs Department NERFINISHED ⓘ New Zealand Administrator of Western Samoa NERFINISHED ⓘ Samoan Fono (council of chiefs) NERFINISHED ⓘ
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 NERFINISHED ⓘ
languageOfAdministration	English ⓘ
legalBasis	League of Nations mandate system NERFINISHED ⓘ
mandateClass	Class C mandate ⓘ
oversightBody	Permanent Mandates Commission NERFINISHED ⓘ
policyImpact	modern political development of Samoa ⓘ modern social development of Samoa ⓘ
precededBy	German colonial administration of Samoa NERFINISHED ⓘ
region	Oceania ⓘ Polynesia NERFINISHED ⓘ
relatedTo	United Nations trusteeship system NERFINISHED ⓘ
reportedTo	League of Nations Council NERFINISHED ⓘ
startAfterEvent	World War I NERFINISHED ⓘ
startYear	1919 ⓘ 1920 ⓘ
succeededBy	Independent State of Western Samoa NERFINISHED ⓘ
territorialScope	Savai'i NERFINISHED ⓘ Upolu NERFINISHED ⓘ
underAuthorityOf	League of Nations NERFINISHED ⓘ

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Western Samoa Act 1961 → followed → New Zealand administration of Western Samoa under League of Nations mandate ⓘ

this entity surface form: New Zealand administration of Western Samoa under United Nations trusteeship