Killings in Samoa
Paperback
Publication Date: 01/07/2006
New Zealand ruled Samoa from 1914 to 1962 and during this time managed to kill 25 percent of the population in the space of a couple of weeks through the careless introduction of Spanish influenza. Faced with growing Samoan calls for independence New Zealand responded violently, gunning down eight people in the streets of Apia, including high chief Tupua Tamasese, in 1929. The working title comes from a line in a speech given two years ago by Prime Minister Helen Clark when she went to Samoa and offered a formal apology for the events above. The book relates the story of New Zealand's rule, from the invasion by soldiers from Wellington to Auckland, up to Helen Clark's apology.
- ISBN:
- 9780790011035
- 9780790011035
- Category:
- Australasian & Pacific history
- Format:
- Paperback
- Publication Date:
- 01-07-2006
- Publisher:
- Raupo Publishing (NZ) Ltd
- Country of origin:
- New Zealand
- Pages:
- 248
- Dimensions (mm):
- 190x129mm
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