Election Court recommends separate forms for religious & cultural Monotaga

By Lagi Keresoma/ Apia, Samoa – 16 August 2025: The Electoral Court has issued recommendations for the Office of the Electoral Commission (OEC) to assist bring clarity to aspects of candidates qualifications following this weeks electoral...

School calendar set to change in Samoa as schools closed for another week

Photo: 123RF Samoa's Ministry of Education and Culture chief executive A'eau Christopher Hazelman says the school term calendar is set to change due to prolonged dengue-related closures. Primary school students in Samoa will have a fourth week of...

Samoa PM offers condolences to victims of Dengue fever outbreak

Samoa PM Fiame Naomi Mataafa updates media on the dengue outbreak. Photo: Tagata Pasifika / Neueli Mauafu Gladys Hartson | Senior Journalist While Samoa is preparing for their snap election later this month, the country is grappling with a Dengue...

'Samoa-first': Knights forward keen to build on Pacific nation's breakout campaign

Sāmoa Prime Minister addresses surge in dengue fever cases

Sāmoa’s caretaker Prime Minister Fiamē Naomi Mataʻafa has addressed the growing dengue outbreak, following the recent deaths of children and a significant spike in confirmed cases in a week. “To date, there have been four confirmed and one...

Who will play for Samoa in the 2025 Pacific Championships?

The 2025 Pacific Championships will be the fourth edition of the concept, where top-ranked nations will battle it out from October through to November. Samoa wasn't featured in last year's tournament, instead, they toured England in a two-game...

Indigenous youth honouring culture, leading with pride at international outrigger event

Following the lead of Duncan's Ellashani George, who raced at the 2023 IVF World Distance Outrigger Championship in Samoa, and the IVF Va'a World Elite and Club Sprint Championship in 2024, youth from Cowichan have been selected to represent...

Tonga: “We need to take a Pacific stand” -Veteran activist flags…

By Lisa Williams in Apia Samoa Pacific nations grappling with the loss and damage caused by climate change are relying on fast and decisive action from their leaders on next steps following the ICJ ruling, says veteran civil society leader Drew...

Samoan women end the silence around gender-based violence

Vailele, SAMOA — In Vailele, 15 minutes south-east of the Samoa capital of Apia, nine people are gathered in a large green fale to discuss the village’s priorities and concerns. It’s the same place where the village council meets – except this...

Lakapi Samoa officially launches new logo

The Caretaker Prime Minister and the Chairman of Lakapi Samoa has unveiled the rugby union governing body's new logo as well as official name. The unveiling of the new logo and name of Samoa Rugby Union by Tuilaepa Dr. Sa'ilele Malielegaoi was...

Strengthening education data systems: Sub-regional workshop boosts capacity of Niue, Samoa and Tokelau

FCCC and UNDP partner on gender equality

PACIFIC island countries have gathered in Suva, Fiji, to strengthen their capacity to measure and respond to the opportunities and challenges of digital trade. Regional countries have recognised the need to increase capacity around their digital...

Dengue fever outbreak: Sixth child dies in Samoa, NZ medical team arrives in Apia

In the last week of July and first few days of August, three children perished. Of those three deaths, two were brothers - a 9-year-old who died three days before his 2-year-old sibling also succumbed to the disease. In a heartbreaking post shared...

Triathlon Samoa Hosts Record-Breaking Apia Half-Marathon and Team Relay 

Apia, Samoa – Saturday, 9 August 2025. Triathlon Samoa has successfully pulled off the biggest running event of the year – the Apia Half-Marathon and Team Relay which kicked off in the early hours of the morning, Saturday 9 August 2025. The event...

RSE workers’ accommodation a constraint to scheme, says Fiji government official

In 2024/2025, there were 177 employers in the scheme employing about 17,000 workers across areas like horticulture and viticulture. Pacific partners commit to supporting returnees Vanuatu, Samoa and Tonga remained the largest labour source nations...

Youth ambassador connects culture to climate action

Charlene Akaruru at the first Pacific Youth Dialogue on Climate Loss and Damage in Apia, Samoa. LISA WILLIAMS/25080715 For a national youth ambassador on climate based in the Office of the Prime Minister, coming straight from the drumbeats and...

Students glad to be back in school

After four weeks of empty classrooms and uncertainty brought about by the dengue fever outbreak, schools and universities across Samoa have reopened, bringing relief and joy to students eager to resume their education. For many students, the...

Breaking: Samoa to Host 2026 IWF Weightlifting World Cup – 70 Nations, 500 Athletes Set to Descend on Apia

8 August 2025, Apia, Samoa – In a historic announcement made today, Samoa has been officially confirmed as the host nation for the 2026 International Weightlifting Federation (IWF) World Cup, to be held from 23 April to 2 May 2026. The news was...

History confirms that LGBTQ+ Africans are not actually foreign

Ugandan speaker Anita Among has been a vocal anti-homosexuality advocateAt the recent third African Regional Interparliamentary Conference on Emerging Global Challenges held from May 9 to May 11 at the Imperial Resort Beach hotel, several...

New Anchorage institute uplifts Pacific Islander culture through education, art and community

Pastor Samuel Fiu Unutoa knelt on the ground Monday with his daughter, Annamaria, as she mixed kava root in a bowl of water, performing a traditional Samoan welcoming ritual. “We mash it into a pulp, a fibrous pulp,” he said, “and then we mix it...