2. Is there a ban on donations from foreign interests to candidates?

This candidate grew up in New Zealand but had a vision of helping her village in Samoa…. In 2013 she set up an electoral committee with 20 members. With 12 of them, she went to NZ to fund raise funds,  obtaining WST$25,000.

Source: Fiti-Sinclair, Ruta, Schoeffel, Penelope and Meleisea, Malama – Women and Political participation – The 2016 Election in Samoa, Centre for Samoan Studies, National University of Samoa, Apia 2017