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Haurongo: Churchward, Joseph

Alefapeta Samoa poster

A poster with black font against a white background and illustrations of indigenous plants

Joseph Churchward’s poster of the Samoan alphabet, also including English-Samoan translations of numbers, months and days of the week, which was displayed in Samoan classrooms.

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Museum of New Zealand Te Papa Tongarewa

Reference: FE012154/4 Purchased 2008

Permission of the Museum of New Zealand Te Papa Tongarewa must be obtained before any re-use of this image.

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Safua Akeli Amaama. 'Churchward, Joseph', Ngā Tāngata Taumata Rau, i tāngia tuatahitia ki 2021. Te Ara - the Encyclopedia of New Zealand, https://teara.govt.nz/mi/ephemera/47580/alefapeta-samoa-poster (accessed 4 June 2026).