Royal Samoan Police Band

Being that Samoa has no standing army (the New Zealand Defence Force is responsible for defense country), it is the chief unit of the state to support the government with music.

[3] The band marches to the Capitol Building in Apia on a daily basis to raise the national flag of Samoa in a ritual has existed since the 1970s.

[7] In the summer of 2015, the band visited Australia for the first time since their inception to celebrate the end of colonialism.

It had only travelled as far as New Zealand and were given special permission by Prime Minister Tuilaepa Aiono Sailele Malielegaoi to perform a concert and at the Carriageworks centre in Sydney for three days.

The Legislative Council of New South Wales later honored the band's visit to New South Wales through a motion headed by Liberal Party member David Clarke to recognize the work of the band led by Superintendent Nafo'itoa Alesana Laki and Inspector Sala Opetaia Lauina.