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Public Holidays and Bank Holidays for Samoa

The list of Samoa bank holidays, national holidays and public holidays for 2010, comes from the Q++ Worldwide Public Holidays Database, the professional source of international public holidays long trusted by the world's foremost diary publishers. The information on this page is provided for private, non-professional, use. Qualified professionals can license data for 2010, 2011, 2012, 2013, 2014, and beyond. For details, please visit our licensing information page or

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05 Jun 2010 (Talamua Media Corp-Apia) The Samoan Cabinet has finally announced Monday, June 7, 2010, as the date of the public holiday that was promised, earlier this week, to celebrate Manu Samoa's victory in the World Sevens Championship. • 02 Jun 2010 (The Samoa Observer-Apia) Samoa's Prime Minister, and Chairman of the Samoa Rugby Union, Tuilaepa Sa’ilele Malielegaoi, has announced that a special public holiday would soon be declared to celebrate Manu Samoa's recent win of the IRB Sevens rugby trophy in Edinburgh. • 07 Oct 2009 (Radio New Zealand International-Tafaigata) The government of Samoa has declared a half day public holiday on Thursday afternoon, October 8, 2009, to pay respect for the victims of last Wednesday's tsunami, which killed 143 people. • 05 Oct 2009 (NZ Herald News-Faleata) There are media reports that a public holiday will be declared on Friday, October 9th, 2009, to remember those killed in the tsunami that recently hit Samoa. • 04 Jul 2009 (The Samoa Observer-Apia) The government of Samoa has re-confirmed the September 7-8 public holidays declared to give Samoans practice at driving on the right. In fact, faced with criticisms, Samoa's Prime Minister, Tuilaepa Sailele Malielegaoi, quipped that "if two public holidays is not enough for the switch, the government can extend it to one month" further adding that "there’s no law to stop us from having a month off work". • 03 Mar 2009 (The Samoa Observer-Apia) Samoa's General Manager of the new Land and Transport Authority (LTA), Leasi John Galuvao, has confirmed that, despite recent opposition, the change in driving side of the road will occur on September 7, 2009, and that that day and the next will be official public holidays in Samoa. • 24 Jul 2008 (The New Zealand Herald) The Samoan Minister of Transport, Tuisugaletaua Aveau, announced today that the switch from driving on the right hand side of the road to the left hand side of the road, will take effect at 6:00am on Monday the 7th of September 2009, and that to mark the switch date, Monday the 7th and Tuesday the 8th of September, 2009, have been declared as public holidays to "allow for familiarisation with the change". • 09 Mar 2008 (The Samoa Observer-Apia) Chief executive officer for the prime minister’s office, Vaasatia Poloma Komiti announced that the government may not declare a new public holiday on March 1st, the birthday of the new head of State, Tuiatua Tupua Tamasese Efi. • 29 Jan 2008 (Legislative Assembly of Samoa) The Legislative Assembly of Samoa, assembled in Parliament, has passed the Public Holidays Act 2008 (An act to amend and set up the law relating to public holidays). • 20 Dec 2007 (Samoa Observer-Apia) Samoa's Parliament has approved the report on the Public Holidays Bill 2007 by the Primary Production, Commerce, Industry and Labour Committee, reducing the number of public holidays in Samoa, and giving shops the option to open during public holidays. • More News Updates For the full version of the summarized news items above, and older news items not displayed above, go to the Samoa public holidays news and updates page, or worldwide public holidays news and updates page, or subscribe to one of our free email newsletters.

Governing Law: Official public holidays in Samoa are regulated by the Public Holidays Act 2008 (Law 2008, No. 3), which came into force on January 1st, 2008, and amends the Shops Ordinance 1961 and the Labour and Employment Act 1972. • Weekend Public Holidays: All public holidays which fall on Sunday are to be observed on the following Monday. Subsequently, consecutive public holidays with one on Sunday are likewise observed on the following days. • Head of State's Birthday: The term O le Ao o le Malo is often mislabled as King's Birthday. But Samoa's head of State does not necessarily need to be a royal. Indeed after the death of Malietoa Tanumafili II, in 2007, it was former Prime Minister Tupua Tamasese Tupuola Tufuga Efi who became head of State. • Shop Closings: Starting in 2008, all shops will stay open on Samoa public holidays. • Death of Leading Politicians: The death of leading politicians, active or retired, often results in the last-minute declaration of a national public holiday of mourning . • Samoa International Codes WS and WSM (2 and 3-letter ISO3166 codes) and .ws (ICANN national top-level internet domain). • Other Sources of Information The following specialized websites are also a good source of Samoa information and news: Central Bank of Samoa (Samoa central bank), ASI Hot Spots (security-related world events: terrorist threats, political strife, strikes, criminal activity, aviation incidents and health outbreaks), CIA World Factbook (Samoa maps, demographics and economic statistics), the IFES (information covering upcoming elections, referenda, electoral structures and voter participation in Samoa), and Wikipedia (includes Samoa commemorative dates that are not necessarily public holidays).

Observance : Any entry in the Observance column indicates that, in Samoa, the holiday may be regional or non-official or limited to certain religious and/or linguistic groups, or begin at a time other than midnight. Note that religious holidays are included only if they are national public holidays, or if the national labour code has specific holiday allowances for employees of specific religions. For more information, see our pages on the religious calendars of the world.

Disclaimer
In many parts of the world, holidays are subject to arbitrary, last minute, changes by local authorities. While every effort has been made to present an accurate list of 2010 bank holidays, legal holidays and public holidays for Samoa, we cannot accept any responsibility for any error or omission in the data presented above. You are therefore advised to verify the above dates with the embassy or consulate of Samoa, before planning any trip to Samoa. For last-minute updates to worldwide public holidays, visit our blog or subscribe to our free email newsletters.