I don't have the numbers of total contributions, Samoa was historically an NZ protectorate and there are 144,000 Samoans who live in NZ who send a big chunk of their pay checks home, they also send a lot of money back to Samoa through the Samoan church groups.
I tried to find the information on the total flow of money from NZ to Samoa but the only things that I could find was the official government aid of $22.3 million, which compares to $35.8 million from Australia, but the aid from private citizens would be massive.
Auckland has the largest Polynesian population in the world and for quite a few pacific islands more of their citizens live in Auckland then back in their homelands, people are expected to come here and work and send all of their spare money back home.
I tried to find the information on the total flow of money from NZ to Samoa but the only things that I could find was the official government aid of $22.3 million, which compares to $35.8 million from Australia, but the aid from private citizens would be massive.
Auckland has the largest Polynesian population in the world and for quite a few pacific islands more of their citizens live in Auckland then back in their homelands, people are expected to come here and work and send all of their spare money back home.