[3] Samoa House was opened in 1978, amidst racial discord and strain in Auckland and across New Zealand, sparked by the Dawn Raids.

[4][2] Prior to the beginning of fundraising, community member Manitete Fonoti outlined the motivations for building Samoa House in a speech, saying; "The advantages of modern building of this nature is where our people could come to qualified counsellors for legal problems, language classes, employment, difficulties, and emotional matters which we would with trained help, remedy much better than outsiders".

[2] The move of the consulate was a reflection of the mass movement of Pacific communities into the South Auckland area, due to the ongoing gentrification of the inner-city suburbs.

In 2019, Samoa House Library launched a Boosted crowdfunding campaign which raised $NZ 10,000 to secure their physical lease.

[12] Many prominent Pacific community members attended, including politician Jenny Salesa, former Deputy Prime Minister Carmel Sepuloni, and Reverend Mua Strickson-Pua.