Pacific Islands - Samoa - Local sports day - 22 June 1915 - Apia, Samoa Samoa - Officially the Independent State of Samoa - The capital city is Apia. - Discovered and settled by the Lapita people around 3,500 years ago. - A unitary parliamentary democracy with eleven administrative divisions - A member of the Commonwealth of Nations - Western Samoa was admitted to the United Nations in 1976. - The entire island group, which includes American Samoa, was called "Navigator Islands" by European explorers due to the Samoans' seafaring skills. Reference: Wikpedia Image source: Photo from page 22 of album WWI Photograph Album - Occupation of Samoa National Army Museum of New Zealand Creative Common Attribution – Non Commercial – No Derivatives 3.0 New Zealand. https://nam.recollect.co.nz/nodes/view/805