Children's book

But the full story of this Pacific country's challenging self-determination journey is not one that has been made easily accessible to Samoan children in Samoa and around the world, until now.  

Samoan educator and award winning author Dahlia Malaeulu over the weekend released Granpa's Siapo,  a Pasifika children's picture book  which highlights Sāmoa's historical ties with New Zealand, the impact of colonization and which aims to promotes cultural understanding for those who are not aware of Sāmoa's independence struggle.

The Bench will be published on 8 June and is said to be inspired by the bond between her husband Prince Harry and their son Archie.

"The Bench started as a poem I wrote for my husband on Father's Day, the month after Archie was born," the duchess said in a statement.

"That poem became this story."

She added: "My hope is that The Bench resonates with every family, no matter the make-up, as much as it does with mine."

The story will be accompanied by images from the award-winning illustrator Christian Robinson.

The actor read Ian Falconer's 2010 children's book Olivia Goes to Venice, part of his Olivia series, which is written for kids aged 3 to 7.