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Auckland, NEW ZEALAND — There are four new confirmed Pasifika MPs in New Zealand's Labour Party — which has the largest Pacific caucus in the country's political history.
The first Pasifika person to win the Ōtaki seat was Terisa Ngobi, (of Samoan and Scottish descent), who was born and raised in...
Honolulu, HAWAII — Over the weekend, Hawaii law enforcement officers recovered five minors, ages 16 to 17 years, from sex trafficking, the state attorney general announced Monday.
A task force made up of the FBI, AG’s office, the Honolulu Police Department and other federal, state and county...
Suva, FIJI — A church minister in Fiji has been sentenced to 16 years in prison for the rape and sexual assault of three women.
Pastor Waisake Tulavu was found guilty last week of raping and sexually assaulting three members of his church.
The High Court ruled Tulavu had raped two women and...
Sydney, AUSTRALIA — When Fa’amanu Fa’amanatu travelled to Australia seeking employment to provide for a better future for his family in Samoa, he never imagined that he would instead, be hospitalised with life threatening cancer.
As reported in an exclusive interview with Mark Riley on 7News in...
Honolulu, HAWAII — Authorities have arrested eight Hawaii residents suspected in an illegal drug ring.
Federal prosecutors say the suspects are tied to a Mexican meth ring that smuggled drugs to the islands.
Those arrested included 51-year-old James Ferreira, known as “Uncle,” and 54-year-old...
Apia, SAMOA — Police Commissioner Su’a Fuiavailiili Egon Keil confirmed three have been arrested and face meth-related charges following a police raid at Faleatiu this week.
Methemphetamine, cash, weapons, marijuana plants and a rental car were confiscated by police during an incident at the...
Apia, SAMOA — Former Deputy Prime Minister, Fiamē Naomi Mata’afa is one of three unopposed candidates when registrations closed on Friday (Samoa time).
Prime Minister Tuilaepa Sailele Malielegaoi who was unopposed in 2016, is facing two opponents in the April 9 general elections.
The confirmed list...
A man killed in a collision between a truck and a van full of seasonal workers on the Napier-Taupō Rd earlier this week has been released.
Tino Tagiilima, 37, of Samoa, died on SH5, Tarawera, on Monday as a result of injuries suffered in the crash.
Tagiilima was one of the occupants of the van...
Washington, D.C. — Hawaii Congresswoman Tulsi Gabbard is no longer a part-time soldier with the Hawaii Army National Guard. Instead, she’s a major in the U.S. Army Reserve at a command post in Silicon Valley.
Gabbard, who opted against running for reelection after a failed presidential campaign,...
Napier-Taupo highway, NEW ZEALAND — A Samoan man in his late thirties is dead and 10 others are injured after a horror crash on the Napier-Taupo highway between a van and a truck.
Police say the van was carrying RSE workers who were travelling from Hastings to Taupō for a holiday.
The man was in...