[DOC] [TLE] Samoa - Wikipedia [PAR] The Independent State of Samoa commonly known as Samoa (Samoan: Smoa) 
and, until ... The entire island group, which includes American Samoa, was called 
.... From the end of World War I until 1962, New Zealand controlled Samoa as a ... 
Samoa, the first small-island country in the Pacific to become independent,... [DOC] [TLE] Samoan Islands - Wikipedia [PAR] The Samoan Islands are an archipelago covering 3,030 km2 (1,170 sq mi) in the 
central South ... Today, the islands have two jurisdictions, the independent 
country of Samoa in the western half ... islands from New Zealand in 1962 while 
the eastern islands, American Samoa, remains a political territory of the United 
States. [DOC] [TLE] History of Samoa - Wikipedia [PAR] The Samoan Islands were first settled some 3,500 years ago as part of the 
Austronesian ... American Samoa remains an unincorporated territory of the 
United States. ... close relationships between these island nations that exist to the 
present; .... its independence on 1 January 1962 (from New Zealand) as Western 
Samoa. [DOC] [TLE] Samoa | history - geography - island nation, Pacific Ocean ... [PAR] Jun 1, 2016 ... Samoa gained its independence from New Zealand in 1962 after more than a 
century of ... The country was known as Western Samoa until 1997. ... (The six 
Samoan islands east of the meridian are part of American Samoa.)... [DOC] [TLE] Samoa - Independent State of Samoa - Country Profile - Malotuto ... [PAR] Samoa facts: official web sites of Samoa, the capital of Samoa, art, culture, ... In 
1962 Samoa became the first Polynesian nation to reestablish independence in 
the 20th century. ... Map of the countries in Polynesia, the island states in the 
eastern part of Oceania. ... Jane's guide to American Samoa and (Western) 
Samoa. [DOC] [TLE] Samoan History | U.S. Embassy in Samoa [PAR] At the turn of the 20th century, the Samoan islands were split into two sections. ... 
of the United States in 1904 and today are known as American Samoa. ... of the 
League of Nations and then as a UN trusteeship until independence in 1962. 
Western Samoa was the first Pacific Island country to gain its independence. [DOC] [TLE] Samoa : History | The Commonwealth [PAR] Samoa seems, on archaeological evidence, to have been inhabited at least as 
far ... Later in the same year, Britain relinquished its interest in the country, and 
the ... that Germany should annex Western Samoa and the US Eastern Samoa. ... 
independence on 1 January 1962, the first South Pacific island country to do so. [DOC] [TLE] Samoa facts, information, pictures | Encyclopedia.com articles about ... [PAR] Get information, facts, and pictures about Samoa at Encyclopedia.com. ... Pacific 
from Hawaii to New Zealand and from eastern Fiji to Easter Island. .... Fiame 
Faumuina Mataafa was independent Western Samoa's first prime minister (1962
70) .... Samoa and American Samoa, holds meetings alternately in both 
countries to... [DOC] [TLE] Timeline Samoa [PAR] 1904 The eastern Samoan islands became territories of the United States and 
later ... of the League of Nations and then as a UN trusteeship until 
independence in 1962. Western Samoa was the first Pacific Island country to 
gain its independence. ... 1954 Oct 14, American Samoa Government's vessel 
Manu'atele sighted... [DOC] [TLE] History of Samoa - Samoa.travel [PAR] Archaeology dates habitation of the islands to 3000 yrs ago, and Samoan legend 
supports this. ... the Americans taking the islands to the east, now known as 
American Samoa. ... of the United Nations from 1918 until independence on 1st 
January 1962. Western Samoa became the first Pacific nation to gain 
Independence. [DOC] [TLE] Independent State of Western Samoa - definition of Independent ... [PAR] Samoa 1. An island group of the southern Pacific Ocean east-northeast of Fiji, 
divided between Samoa, a sovereign nation, and American Samoa, ... and a UN 
trusteeship in 1946; gained independence as Western Samoa in 1962 as the first 
fully independent Polynesian state; officially changed its name to Samoa in 1997;

Question: Eastern Samoa is "American Samoa"; Western Samoa won its independence from this island country in 1962
Answer: New Zealand