Images of Samoa in 1949 and others from Archives New Zealand

This is a collection of images and scans from Archives New Zealand's National Publicity Studios collection, and other scanned documents from the general collection.
These items were brought together as a display to help celebrate 50 years of Samoan Independence from New Zealand administration, and 50 years since the signing of the Treaty of Friendship between Samoa and New Zealand.
These images were part of a display housed in the foyer and Hunter Council Chambers at Victoria University, Wellington in August of 2012.
The accompanying music is from A New Day in Samoa (1959), • A New Day in Samoa (19... , and Samoa (1949), • Samoa (1949) (W3471/16... .