Prime Minister Jacinda Ardern will travel to Samoa next week to commemorate a special anniversary shared between the island nation and New Zealand.
Ardern will lead a delegation of politicians, community leaders and media to Samoa on Monday - exactly 60 years since the Treaty of Friendship between the two countries was signed on August 1, 1962, in Apia.
That year, Samoa achieved independence from New Zealand administration.
However, the two governments signed a treaty pledging that relations between the two nations would continue to be governed by a spirit of close friendship.
Ardern said it was an honour to be invited to Samoa for the anniversary and acknowledged the strong partnership between Samoa and New Zealand over the last 60 years.