[Tennessee Nana]

New Zealand never had Samoa ..

They had Fiji and the Cook islands at one time ...

[Verginius Rufus]

Samoa was formerly known as British Samoa. Before that it was a German possession.

My father was stationed for a while in British Samoa and also in American Samoa during World War II. He bought a book Everyday Samoan but I think he lost interest in the language after leaving the islands--but he didn't throw away the book.