One new zealand policeman and up to 11 samoans, including tupua tamasese lealofi iii, were killed in apia on black saturday 28 december 1929. One resulted in the arrest and sixmonth detention of tupua tamasese lealofi iii, a high chief of samoa and a leader of the mau. History of samoa tupua tamasese faamatai, chiefly system of samoa. Chief tupua tamasese lealofi iii lies in state samoans. He was the younger brother of tupua tamasese lealofi ii. 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. Then in december 1929, nine samoans were shot dead during a demonstration by a nonviolent independence movement, the mau. New zealands tragic blunders in samoa, by nzborn pacific journalist michael field. The banishment of tupua tamasese lealofi iii nzhistory, new. Tupua tamasese lealofioaana iii 4 may 1901 29 december 1929 was a high. Our new desktop experience was built to be your music destination. Books to read samoa blog pacific island holiday guide.
Tui atua tupua tamasese taisi tupuola tufuga efi of. Black saturday new zealand in samoa nzhistory, new zealand history online. In his research, michael field came across an auckland woman, now in her 80s, who was there in apia the day tupua tamasese lealofi iii was killed. Tupua tamasese lealofi iii, 1929 items national library of new.
Most samoans will know the story about tupua tamasese lealofi iii. Tupua tamasese lealofi iii lies in state after being shot and killed during. Tupua tamasese tupuola tufuga efi, also known as tuiatua tupua tamasese efi, and formerly known as tupuola efi, is a samoan literary and political figure who became samoas head of state in 2007. Pall bearers and mau police carrying the coffin of tupua tamasese lealofi iii funeral of tupua tamasese lealofi iii nzhistory, new zealand history online skip to main content. The samoan offenders ordinance was used against tupua tamasese lealofi iii for one of the more trivial offences committed during richardsons. Sunlive samoa, books and the weather the bays news first. He has always known his destiny and has always been ready to serve. Discover stories of heroes descended from samoa, including legends like sina, historical figures like tupua tamasese lealofi iii, and. 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. Even in the 21st century such a high velocity hit in the upper thigh would be almost always fatal. On the morning of december 28, 1929, mau supporters, led by high chief tupua tamasese lealofi, held a uniformed march into apia from their villages.
Funeral of tupua tamasese lealofi iii new zealand history. Mau opposition to new zealand rule in samoa, 19271933. Black saturday nzhistory, new zealand history online. Tupua tamasese lealofioaana iii 4 may 1901 29 december 1929 was a high chief of. He is now patron of culture and samoan history and a celebrated scholar. Only the most heroic and outrageous of surgery could have saved tupua tamasese.
Tupua tamasese meaole 19051963, holder of the title from 1929 to 1963. Tupua tamasese lealofi iii 1901 1929, holder of the title from 1918 until 1929. Tupua tamasese lealofioaana iii 4 may 1901 29 december 1929 was a high chief of samoa who was a leader of the countrys proindependent mau. Photograph by alfred john tattersall tupua tamasese lealofi oaana iii 4 may 1901 29 december 1929 was a high chief of samoa who was a leader of the countrys proindependent mau movement during the early 1900s. He was the younger brother of tupua tamasese lealofi iii. Youll probably find the most thorough retelling of this dark passage of samoan history in a book called, black saturday. Tupua tamasese lealofi iii in front of the octagonal mau office in vaimoso village, near apia, 1929.
A group of men, including tupua tamasese lealofi iii dressed in white, gathered around the office of the mau with the slogan samoa mo samoa over the door, c 1928 banishment. This is a brief extract that notes the death, the following day, of tamaaiga tupua tamasese lealofi iii, mortally wounded by a single new zealand police sniper. Mau leaders and tupua tamasese lealofi iii centre, in white in front of mau office, vaimoso 1929. New zealand military police fired on mau independence demonstrators in apia, killing 11 samoans, including the independence leader tupua tamasese lealofi iii. More than just a romance, the first of the three books, scarlet lies, is a. The samoan offenders ordinance was used against tupua tamasese lealofi iii for one of the more trivial offences committed during george richardsons administration.