pacific region
Pago Pago, AMERICAN SAMOA — As the US election unfolds, American territories such as the Northern Marianas, American Samoa, and Guam, along with the broader Pacific region, are watching the developments.
As the question hangs in the balance of whether the White House remains blue with Kamala Harris...
Pago Pago, AMERICAN SAMOA — The Governor’s Resilience Commission was scheduled to hold a conference call yesterday with the U.S Government Accountability Office (GAO), which has initiated the engagement of addressing climate change risks in the Indo Pacific Region.
Gov. Lemanu P. S Mauga in a Dec....
Pago Pago, AMERICAN SAMOA — As Pacific nations are seeking or signing bilateral agreements with China, Gov. Lemanu Peleti Mauga informed the White House that this is the time for the U.S. to draw on American Samoa to increase America’s presence in the Pacific region.
The governor’s comment on China...
Wellington, NEW ZEALAND — Pacific Minister Aupito William Sio is set to travel to Fiji tomorrow, while Foreign Minister Nanaia Mahuta is under increased pressure over Pacific relationships.
Sio, who is also associate foreign affairs minister, will travel to Fiji from tomorrow to meet with Pacific...
Canberra, AUSTRALIA — It has been announced the US, Australia and the UK are forming a new security partnership to be known as AUKUS.
This alliance, announced by the leaders of the three countries, throws an entirely different light on the recent 70th anniversary of the ANZUS Treaty and indeed key...
Alia Tuiolosega, a member of the Colgate University Class of 2023, has earned the fall 2019 Dean's Award for Academic Excellence.
Tuiolosega is a graduate of Pacific Horizons School, and is from Pago Pago, AS (96799).
Students who receive a term grade point average of 3.3 or higher while completing...
Auckland, NEW ZEALAND — A new website dedicated to providing information on Covid-19 for Pacific communities across New Zealand has launched this week.
The website, preparepacific.nz, is supported by District Health Boards in Northland and Auckland as well as the Ministry of Health and The Cause...
PACIFIC REGION — Pacific nations and terrorities are deepening their restrictions to contain the spread of the coronavirus.
Over 50 people in the region, including Hawai'i, have now tested positive for Covid-19, while dozens more are being held in isolation while tests are carried out.
Fiji...
Suva, FIJI — The growing nursing shortage in the Pacific is sparking conversation over the industry's future in the region.
Heads of nursing and midwifery from 13 countries and territories across the Pacific met for the first time in Fiji last week to discuss health emergencies and education.
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As a new decade dawns much of the Pacific is grappling with major upheavals from climate and health crises to political disruption and self-determination struggles. RNZ Pacific's Jamie Tahana and Johnny Blades look at the state of play across the region's countries and territories and what's on the...