Per “ Illustrated Catalogue of Properties offered for Lease ,” Govt Printer , Wellington , 1924 .
The Stünzners moved into this house when they took over the lease of the Tuvao plantation , in north-west Upolu , from the Reparation Estates organisation . The Tuvao plantation had been set up by German engineer and planter Mr Erich Langen , who was known for his technical innovations during the 14 years he spent in Samoa between 1906 and his deportation in 1920 . The estate comprised 420 acres , of which just over half had been cleared and planted mainly in cocoa , though there were also significant stands of coconuts palms .
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