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HONOLULU — Scientists from throughout the Pacific will convene in Honolulu Tuesday through Thursday to provide recommendations on managing fisheries in Hawai'i, American Samoa, Guam, the Commonwealth of the Northern Mariana Islands (CNMI) and the US Pacific Remote Islands Areas. The meeting of...
PM TUILAEPA SAYS CHINA AID IS 'ALL TRANSPARENT'
Prime Minister Tuilaepa Dr. Sa’ilele Malielegaoi has defended China’s aid amidst growing concerns from the Pacific region’s traditional development partners.
Tuilaepa went in to bat for China during a joint press conference with New Zealand Prime...
Apia, SAMOA — Samoa can officially begin exporting fresh banana and plantains to New Zealand again.
The breakthrough comes under a new export plan the Ministry of Agriculture and Fisheries and New Zealand Ministry of Primary Industries have agreed upon.
The good news for banana farmers come after a...
Apia, SAMOA — A proposed Bill on the Rights of the Child by the Ministry of Women, Community and Social Development could ban children under 14 years old from being street vendors.
The proposed Bill is part of the Ministry’s plan to address core issues that deal directly with child labor and street...
A fleet of double-hulled waka hourua is expected to be welcomed to the shores of Wellington Harbour tonight (Monday night NZ time) with kapa haka, song, and theatre, to open the New Zealand Festival.
The performance is inspired by the arrival of navigator and explorer Kupe to Aotearoa, and will...
Prime Minister Tuilaepa Dr. Sa’ilele Malielegaoi is a man brimming with confidence.
As his critics over the Government’s plan for customary lands grow to include the former Head of State, His Highness Tui Atua Tupua Tamasese Efi, Prime Minister Tuilaepa remains unfazed.
He is steadfast that there...
Family of a mentally ill man killed in a Samoan prison are begging the Government to intervene in the long-running case when Prime Minister Jacinda Ardern travels there this weekend for Cyclone relief efforts.
Foreign Affairs Minister Winston Peters has told Hans Dalton's family the Government is "...
The island nation of Samoa has declared its waters a shark sanctuary, joining a string of other Pacific countries in protecting the marine predators.
Prime Minister Tuilaepa Sailele said the move would help sustain a vital part of the ocean’s ecosystem.
“We will not sit idly by while the demand for...
The Samoa government has issued a temporary ban on the exports of fresh taro to American Samoa.
This is according to a letter signed by Minister of Agriculture and Fisheries, Lopao’o Natanielu Mua, addressed to the American Samoa Government, Department of Agriculture Director, Filifa’atali Michael...
Tongan disaster officials say 15 families remain in five evacuation centres after Cyclone Gita hit the islands of Tongatapu and 'Eua.
They said the state of emergency declared just after the category five storm is to continue.
The latest situation report from the National Emergency Management...