July 2026
POU TIUTE A LEOLEO
Pago Pago - AMERIKA SAMOA
LOKA SE TAMALOA UA LE USITAI FAATONUGA A LE FAAMASINOGA
Tete’e se Fesoasoani Katoliko lea na faasala mai i Aua, i tu'ua'iga faasaga ia te ia
Pago Pago - AMERIKA SAMOA
Man arrested for alleged assault claims girlfriend kept his documents from him
Pago Pago, AMERICAN SAMOA — On June 29, 2026, a victim contacted the Tafuna Police Substation (TPS) and reported that her boyfriend allegedly assaulted her with a PVC pipe.
Man charged with allegedly assaulting and threatening his wife
Pago Pago, AMERICAN SAMOA — On June 24, 2026, a woman in distress walked into the Tafuna Police Substation (TPS) to report that her husband had allegedly assaulted and threatened her.
Samoa Airways Tutuila and Manu’a flights extended for an additional 6 months
Pago Pago, AMERICAN SAMOA — The U.S.
The real mystery behind Moana: after 1,700 years, why did Polynesians suddenly sail east?
Pago Pago, AMERICAN SAMOA — The same question drives both the plot of Moana and decades of archaeological research: why, after
Samoa Airways Tutuila and Manu’a flights extended for an additional 6 months
Pago Pago, AMERICAN SAMOA — The U.S.
How Māori navigators use the stars to keep their waka on course
Pago Pago, AMERICAN SAMOA — Traditional Māori navigators use celestial bodies, as well as ocean currents, winds and other natural signs, to guide them across vast distances of ocean, with








![Ancestral Polynesians only moved beyond Samoa and Tonga after a 1700-year ‘long pause’. The remaining island archipelagos were then settled rapidly. Was it about climate change, the weather? [graphic: David Sear] Migration map](https://samoanews.com/sites/default/files/styles/teaser/public/field/image/migration_map.jpeg?itok=tmKCst3U)

![Hinerapa Rupuha captained the double-hulled canoe Ngāhiraka Mai Tawhiti from Samoa to Tonga in 2025. [Photo: RNZ / Baz Macdonald] Hinerapa Rupuha](https://samoanews.com/sites/default/files/styles/teaser/public/field/image/hinerapa_rupuha_.jpeg?itok=y32_GFG9)