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Nadi, FIJI — Fijians are being warned to be alert and well-prepared for the upcoming cyclone season. Fiji Meteorological Service predicts at least two to three cyclones will pass through the Exclusive Economic Zone this season. FBC News reports the Minister for Meteorological Services Ro Filipe...
Abu Dhabi airplane
Wellington, NEW ZEALAND — The NZ Tongan church group attempting to flee Israel is "disappointed" the New Zealand government is charging people for the repatriation flight which doesn't bring them back home. The government has secured 90 seats on the first flight to assist New Zealand and Pacific...
Apia, SAMOA  — A Samoan anthropologist will co-host a podcast that will explore Margret Mead’s controversial research on the study of the coming of age in Samoa and how it has affected the image of Samoan adolescents over the years. “The Problems with Coming of Age” podcast series will be co-hosted...
The Tonga church group from New Zealand
Wellington, NEW ZEALAND — A New Zealand-based church group is attempting to flee Israel by bus with the help of the Tongan Consulate hours before the area they are sheltering in within Tel Aviv goes into lockdown. The Tongan church group is made up of 45 people - mostly New Zealand citizens over...
The Samoa Ministry of Health building
Apia, SAMOA — The U.S. Embassy and the Government of Samoa have announced a joint collaboration aimed at improving healthcare in Samoa. In a significant partnership, the U.S Army Reserve will soon be running the Soifua Manuia clinics at Poutasi District Hospital and Leulumoega District Hospital...
original character for anime
Honolulu, HAWAII — The creators of a first-of-its-kind Polynesian anime series have chosen to use the Japanese animation style to explore the voyaging legends of the Pacific. Saimone Katoa, who is of Tongan and Samoan descent, is producing a first of its kind Polynesian anime exploring voyaging...
 traditional male 'pe'a
Apia, SAMOA — A Samoa PhD candidate and researcher has suggested a solution to concerns about traditional tattooing. Last week, a top traditional Samoan Tufuga or tattooist, Su'a Suluape Petelo, said it was wrong for fa'afafine to wear the 'malu' and for women to wear the traditional male 'pe'a'....
Tupua Tamasese Mea’ole Hospital
Dunedin North, NEW ZEALAND — A drug-resistant infection is "a ticking time bomb" in the Pacific, according to new Otago University research. A landmark study, just published in The Lancet Regional Health- Western Pacific journal, has found strains of carbapenem-resistant Acinetobacter baumannii (...
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Honolulu, HAWAII — A flight from Las Vegas to Honolulu, HI had to return to Harry Reid International Airport after the plane was struck by lightning. Hawaiian Airlines confirmed that the flight took off at 6:25 p.m. Sunday from Harry Reid in route to Daniel K. Inouye International Airport. The...
Tonga islands
Nuku'alofa, TONGA — Tonga Meteorology has declared a drought for the islands of Tongatapu and 'Eua, with alerts for Niuafo'ou and Niuatoputapu, and warnings for Ha'apai and Vava'u this month. A rain deficit is forecast for the coming months as the impacts of an El Niño take hold across the region....

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