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The Wellington Maxim Gun Section in front of the courthouse at Apia after the formal occupation.Sir George Grey Special Collections, Auckland Libraries: AWNS-19140917-42-2

War chronicle · 29 Ākuhata · Apia, Sāmoa

Te kakari tuatahi a Niu Tīreni

Kāore te kariri kotahi i rere i te rironga o Tiamana Hāmoa i a Niu Tīreni.

Ki a Niu Tīreni, ka tīmata mai te Pakanga Tuatahi o te Ao ki Hāmoa.

Tukua kia riro, kei mate kē ko koutou. Koia noa te karere a te kāpene o te HMS Psyche ki te kāwana o Tiamana-Hāmoa i te ata o te 29 o Ākuhata.

I te mea kāre tana ope taua, me tautuku noa iho te kāwana o Tiamani. Tekau mā whā rau ngā hōia o Niu Tīreni – nō te karangatanga hōia tuatahi – ka tau ki te motu, kāore te kariri kotahi i puta. Ka noho a Hāmoa ki raro i te mana o te ope taua o Niu Tīreni tae noa atu ki te marama o Mei i te tau 1920.

Ehara i te mea he take whaimana anake te rironga o Tiamana-Hāmoa. Nā ngā Ope Haumi ka whati te tauranga reo irirangi e tū pātata ana ki Apia – he whatunga kōrero matua tērā ki te ao, waihoki ki te Ope Kātua o Tiamani.

Ka whakanuia ngā rongo kōrero mō te 'toanga tuatahi' o Niu Tīreni e ngā tāngata i te kāinga. Heoi, kei te mōhio te nuinga, kei te haere tonu mai te pakanga tūturu.

Photos & objects

Members of the 3rd Auckland Regiment in Apia after the surrender of the town.
Members of the 3rd Auckland Regiment in Apia after the surrender of the town.Sir George Grey Special Collections, Auckland Libraries: AWNS-19140917-50-1
The first German flag to be hauled down after the landing of the New Zealand troops at Apia, 29 August 1914.
The first German flag to be hauled down after the landing of the New Zealand troops at Apia, 29 August 1914.Sir George Grey Special Collections, Auckland Libraries: AWNS-19140924-44-4
Proclamation of the occupation of German Samoa, 1914.
Proclamation of the occupation of German Samoa, 1914.AWMM: EPH-PW-1-96
Proclamation of the occupation of German Samoa, 1914.
Proclamation of the occupation of German Samoa, 1914.AWMM: EPH-PW-1-96
New Zealand troops landing at Apia, 29 August 1914.
New Zealand troops landing at Apia, 29 August 1914.Sir George Grey Special Collections, Auckland Libraries: AWNS-19140924-36-4
Samoan chiefs holding nifo‘oti clubs.
Samoan chiefs holding nifo‘oti clubs.AWMM: EPH-PAC-4-1
Fa‘alautaliga and Nifo‘oti (clubs), pre-1914.
Fa‘alautaliga and Nifo‘oti (clubs), pre-1914.AWMM: 1929.169. © Auckland Museum CC BY
Fa‘alautaliga and Nifo‘oti (clubs), pre-1914.
Fa‘alautaliga and Nifo‘oti (clubs), pre-1914.AWMM: 1929.169. © Auckland Museum CC BY