Treaty or agreement text · Government perspective or primary official source
New Zealand Treaty Series 1962, No. 5: Treaty of Friendship between New Zealand and Western Samoa
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- Author(s)
- Government of New Zealand and Government of Western Samoa
- Publisher
- New Zealand Ministry of Foreign Affairs and Trade
- Date
- 1 August 1962
- Original language
- en
- Link
- https://www.mfat.govt.nz/assets/Countries-and-Regions/Pacific/Samoa/NZ-Samoa-Treaty-of-Friendship.pdfAccessed 23 September 2026
Editorial annotation
The primary text of the Treaty of Friendship, signed 1 August 1962, under which New Zealand agreed, when requested, to act as Western Samoa's diplomatic channel of communication with other governments and international organisations and as its representative at certain conferences, without impairing Samoa's right to formulate its own foreign policy.
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