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Honolulu, HAWAII — As disputes over incursions by fishing fleets spread south through the Pacific Ocean, so too the face of maritime patrols is changing. Cook Islands News editor Jonathan Milne reports from Pearl Harbor, Hawai'i.
I lower myself through the black hatch on the top of the USS Tucson...
Napier, NEW ZEALAND — New Zealand's first court trial involving slavery and human trafficking charges has ended its first week in the High Court in Napier and will resume today (New Zealand time).
The trial before Justice Helen Cull and a jury started on Monday last week with horticultural and...
Auckland, NEW ZEALAND — An Auckland family has filed a complaint with a hospital in Samoa over its treatment of their late mother.
The Aloese family was in Samoa last month for a family reunion, when the mother had a seizure.
The woman's daughter, Grace Aloese, said an ambulance was called but...
Apia, SAMOA — Prime Minister Tuilaepa Sailele Malielegaoi has accepted Attorney General Lemalu Herman Retzlaff’s resignation.
Lemalu’s resignation was tendered in person to the Prime Minister on Thursday (Samoa time).
After being informed by the outgoing AG of the circumstances surrounding his...
Pago Pago, AMERICAN SAMOA — The reigning Miss Pacific Islands, Fonoifafo Macfarland Seumanu is using her time and energy to serve the people of Samoa.
A nurse by profession, Fonoifafo had requested to the Samoa Tourism Authority (STA) and Samoa’s Ministry of Health if she could work in her capacity...
Washington, D.C. — NOAA is in the process of acquiring two new oceanographic ships as part of the agency’s fleet rebuilding effort. Once in service, the new ships will support a wide variety of missions, ranging from general oceanographic research and exploration to marine life, climate and ocean...
Apia, SAMOA — A Samoan man has been sentenced to a year in prison for stealing 46 marijuana plants from a police station evidence holding room.
Police say Pa'uvi Limu used a hammer to break a window to get into the room before walking out the front door.
An officer saw Pa'uvi walk out and thought...
Apia, SAMOA — Five Samoa patients and three caregivers returning from India after successful medical treatment are undergoing 14 days of self-quarantine in Nadi, Fiji for precautionary measures as mandated by Samoa’s Coronavirus Border Security Travel Advisory.
On their way home, the Samoans had...
Napier, NEW ZEALAND — A teenage Samoan girl promised schooling in New Zealand was instead allegedly made to cook and clean and got beatings, the High Court in Napier has heard.
The woman, who was a 15-year-old at the time of the alleged offending in 1994-95, is one of several complainants who will...
Apia, SAMOA — A youth who appeared in Court this past week charged with escaping from Olomanu centre last December has been blamed for cultivating marijuana inside the jouvenile detention centre.
A detainee escaped from Olomanu juvenile detention centre, went straight to Faleolo Police post and...