2024 in Samoa

Events in the year 2024 in Samoa.

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Decades:	2000s 2010s 2020s
See also:	Other events of 2024 Timeline of Samoan history

Incumbents

• O le Ao o le Malo: Tuimalealiʻifano Vaʻaletoʻa Sualauvi II
• Prime Minister: Fiamē Naomi Mataʻafa

Events

May

• 10 May - TV3 moves its operations online after becoming unable to continue to afford broadcasting traditionally.^[1]

October

• 5-6 October - The Royal New Zealand Navy specialist dive and hydrographic vessel HMNZS Manawanui sinks after running aground and catching fire near Siumu in Upolu island. All 75 people on board are evacuated.^[2][3]
• 21-26 October – 2024 Commonwealth Heads of Government Meeting at Apia.^[4][5]
• 23-26 October - King Charles III visits Samoa.^[5]

November

• 20 November – The New Zealand Parliament passes legislation restoring the right to New Zealand citizenship for people born in Samoa between 1924 and 1949.^[6]
• 29 November – The initial report from the naval inquiry into the sinking of HMNZS Manawanui attributes the sinking to human error.^[7]

Holidays

Further information: Public holidays in Samoa

Source:^[8][9]

• 1 January - New Year's Day
• 29 March - Good Friday
• 30 March - Easter Saturday
• 1 April - Easter Monday
• 10 April – Ramadan
• 13 May – Mother's Day holiday
• 1 June – Independence Day
• 12 August – Father's Day holiday
• 14 October – Lotu a Tamaiti/Children's Service holiday
• 25 December - Christmas Day
• 26 December – Boxing Day

Deaths

• 10 April – Tusa Misi Tupuola, politician, MP (2011–2016) (death announced on this date)^[10]
• 26 July – Lionel Elika Fatupaito, boxing coach (Olympic national team)^[11]