Too late for Am Samoa, but Australia nears deal with ANZ to stop bank closures in Pacific
Melbourne, AUSTRALIA — Australia is in the final stages of talks with ANZ Group over a deal to maintain the bank's branches across the Pacific, Treasurer Jim Chal



![Talofa Fe’a (front right) on a microalgae sampling trip in American Samoa — with Ella Ashford (front left), a 2023 Hollings scholar, and Valentine Vaeoso (back), a staff member at National Park of American Samoa. Ms Fe’a is a 2024 EPP/MSI summer intern with the National Marine Sanctuary of American Samoa and University of Hawai'i Sea Grant. She studied the risk of ciguatera poisoning in American Samoa. Image credit: Talofa Fe’a]](https://samoanews.com/sites/default/files/styles/teaser/public/field/image/talofa-blog_post.jpg?itok=lIqJB8HN)






