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Pago Pago, AMERICAN SAMOA — Pasifika unemployment in New Zealand remains over double that of the general population, even as the nationwide unemployment rate reaches a near-11 year high.
Figures released by Statistics NZ on Wednesday put the unemployment rate for Pacific peoples at 11.6 percent in...
Pago Pago, AMERICAN SAMOA — Live coverage of the fourth round of the Chairman’s Cup was interrupted on the Lakapi Samoa’s official Facebook page this past Saturday, the Samoa Observer reported Monday.
Sources said the organization’s social media administrators did not know why the Facebook page had...
Pago Pago, AMERICAN SAMOA — Fuel prices have plateaued throughout the Pacific, though supply chain "uncertainty" keeps costs high region-wide.
Samoa, Tonga and Fiji have each decreased their fuel price caps for August, though each of them remains higher than before April when the global fuel crisis...
Pago Pago, AMERICAN SAMOA — The South Pacific Tuna Treaty, also known as the US Tuna Treaty, remains an important partnership for the region, the Pacific Islands Forum Fisheries Agency (FFA) says. The Treaty came into force in 1988 and provides the framework for US purse seine fishing vessels to...
Pago Pago, AMERICAN SAMOA — Five Pacific Islands Forum member states are set to be permanently included in a United States visa bond program that will require nationals from those countries to post up to US$20,000 to be able to travel to America as a temporary visitor.
This is after the US State...
Pago Pago, AMERICAN SAMOA — World Rugby has denied reports that it gave Samoa an ultimatum to sort out problems over which body governs the sport in the country, or face a ban from international competition.
This follows reports that the Samoa government was given 24 hours — until Friday — to...
Pago Pago, AMERICAN SAMOA — Congresswoman Uifaatali Amata attended last week’s early celebration of the upcoming 236th birthday of the Coast Guard, officially on August 4th.
While this wasn’t a formal meeting, Congresswoman Amata took time to discuss the merits of Pago Pago Harbor and how the...
Pago Pago, AMERICAN SAMOA — Samoa's opposition leader Tuilaepa Sa'ilele Malielegaoi says the country faces suspension by World Rugby today because of "a dirty political move" by the government.
Tuilaepa's spoke to RNZ Pacific after the government announced that it was pulling its support of Lakapi...
Pago Pago, AMERICAN SAMOA — An Emmy award-winning costume designer has described the opportunity to work on Disney's Moana live-action film as a "dream come true".
Liz McGregor, who hails from Kolomotu'a in Tonga but is based in Auckland, said she received an email "that came out of the blue" from...
Pago Pago, AMERICAN SAMOA — Fossils found in north-west Queensland have given paleontologists "direct evidence" of the behavior of prehistoric animals in the Eromanga Sea 100 million years ago.
This is one of the clearest — and only — examples of "three-tier predator interaction" ever discovered...