New Zealand invaded German Samoa in 1914, ruling until 1942. During this time the wilful introduction of Spanish influenza killed 25% of the population in the space of a couple of weeks. Faced with growing Samoan calls for independence, New Zealand reacted violently, gunning down eight people in the streets of Apia including the high chief Tupua Tamasese in 1929. In 2002 Prime Minister Helen Clark went to Samoa to offer a formal apology for those events.

DU817 FIE (Library of Congress Call Number)

37525 (Cat ID)

69705 (DBTextworks system ID)

30579 (Presto content ID)

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