1000 BCE, Nauru was annexed and claimed as a colony by the German Empire in the late 19th century. I muri i te Pakanga Tuatahi o te Ao, Nauru became a League of Nations mandate administered by Australia, New Zealand and the United Kingdom. I te Pakanga Tuarua o te Ao, Nauru was occupied by Japanese troops, who were bypassed by the Allied advance across the Pacific. I muri i te mutunga o te pakanga, ka uru te whenua ki roto i te United Nations trusteeship. I whiwhi motuhake a Nauru i te tau 1968, ka noho hei mema o te Pacific Community (SPC) i te tau 1969.
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