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One New Zealand constable was clubbed to death by protesters following the outbreak of hostilities. [5] The Mau movement's efforts would ultimately result in the political independence of Samoa in 1962 but the height of the movement's activity in the Western Islands occurred in the late 1920s and early 1930s.
He was one of the leaders of the Mau movement. Faʻaoloiʻi was the youngest son of Tuiaana Sualauvi. [3]: 55 He was raised in Afega, but recalled to Falelatai on the death of his father to take up his chiefly title. [3]: 55 In 1889 he was made Kovana Aana (district governor) by the Samoan government. [2]
Mauga Moi Moi (1852–1935) was a statesman and paramount Aliʻi, the highest ranking chief of Pago Pago, and signatory of the Deed of Cession.In 1920, he initiated the Mau movement in 1920 and in 1900, he signed the Deed of Cession and became a District Governor under the new U.S. naval station.
Tupua Tamasese Lealofi III was the leader of the Mau Movement until his assassination by NZ armed forces during the Black Saturday massacre in 1929. Realizing that his death could spark a bloody war with NZ colonial forces, Tamasese called for peace and for the Mau to continue on with its passive resistance and civil disobedience.
Tupua Tamasese Lealofi III Tupua Tamasese Lealofi III in front of the octagonal Mau office in Vaimoso village, near Apia, 1929.(Photograph by Alfred James Tattersall). Tupua Tamasese Lealofi-o-ā'ana III (4 May 1901 – 29 December 1929) was a paramount chief of Samoa, holder of the Tupua Tamasese dynastic title and became the leader of the country's pro-independence Mau movement from early ...
Mataʻafa Faumuina Fiame Mulinuʻu I (1889 — 27 March 1948) [1] [2] was a high chief of Samoa and a leader of the country's pro-independence Mau movement during the 1920s and 1930s. He was the holder of high-ranking aliʻi chiefly titles: the Tamaʻāiga Mataʻafa , Fiame from Lotofaga and Faumuina from Lepea .
Fact Check: Members of Parliament in New Zealand representing the Maori people, labeled as Te Pāti Māori, interrupted a reading of the ‘Treaty Principles Bill’ on Thursday, November 14th ...
Laracy, Hugh. 'Nelson, Olaf Frederick 1883 - 1944'. Dictionary of New Zealand Biography, updated 7 April 2006 Hugh Laracy profile, Dictionary of New Zealand Biography]. Accessed 26 March 2024. Wendt, Albert. Guardians and Wards (A study of the origins, causes, and the first two years of the Mau in Western Samoa.), New Zealand Electronic Text ...