Story: Samoans
Page 7. External links and sources
More links and websites
An immigrant nation –searching for paradise
Excerpts from a 1996 documentary profiling Pati 'Albert' Umaga, one of the first generation of New Zealand-born Samoans, on the NZ On Screen website.
Children of the migration
A 2004 documentary about Pacific Island immigrants in New Zealand, on the NZ On Screen website.
Living Heritage – Fa'a Samoa
This is an excellent introduction to Samoan culture by Samoan students at Marcellin College.
New Zealand in Samoa
This feature on the NZ History website provides an overview of New Zealand's administration of Samoa from 1920 to 1962.
Understanding Dawn Raids
Digital hub to support the telling of Pacific people’s historical stories, focusing on the Dawn Raids of the 1970s.
More suggestions and sources
- Anae, Melani. The platform: the radical legacy of the Polynesian Panthers. Wellington: BWB Books, 2020.
- Anae, Melani with Lautofa Iuli and Leilani Tamu. Polynesian Panthers: Pacific protest and affirmative action in Aotearoa New Zealand 1971-1981. Wellington: Huia Publishers, 2015.
- Anae, Melani, ‘The Treaty of Waitangi and the va between Māori and Pacific peoples in Aotearoa, New Zealand’. Pacific Media Network, 2021.
- Fairbairn-Dunlop, Peggy, and Gabrielle Sisifo Makisi. Making our place: growing up PI in New Zealand. Palmerston North: Dunmore, 2003.
- Lal, B. ‘Perspectives on ethnicity: old wine in new bottles.’ Ethnic and Racial Studies 6, no. 2 (1983): 154–173.
- Macpherson, Cluny, Paul Spoonley, and Melani Anae, eds. Tangata o te moana nui: the evolving identities of Pacific peoples in Aotearoa/New Zealand. Palmerston North: Dunmore, 2001.
- Mallon, Sean, and Pandora Fulimalo Pereira, eds. Pacific art Niu Sila: the Pacific dimension of New Zealand contemporary arts. Wellington: Te Papa Press, 2002.
- Mallon, Sean, Kolokesa Māhina-Tuai and Damon Salesa, Tangata o le moana: New Zealand and the people of the Pacific. Wellington: Te Papa Press, 2012
- Pitt, David, and Cluny Macpherson. Emerging pluralism: the Samoan community in New Zealand. Auckland: Longman Paul, 1974.
- Pacific Aotearoa Status Report: A Snapshot. Wellington: Ministry for Pacific Peoples, 2021.
How to cite this page
Lupematasila Melani Anae, Samoans, Te Ara – the Encyclopedia of New Zealand, https://teara.govt.nz/en/story/22240/sources (accessed 10 June 2026).
Story by Lupematasila Melani Anae, published 4 March 2009, reviewed and revised 7 September 2022 with assistance from Lupematasila Melani Anae.