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Pago Pago, AMERICAN SAMOA — Beauty pageants remain an important part of cultural and social life in many Pacific Island countries, although their significance vary across the region.
Pageants such as Miss Pacific Islands, Miss Samoa, Miss Heilala (Tonga), Miss Hibiscus (Fiji) and Miss Cook Islands...
Pago Pago, AMERICAN SAMOA — On August 31, the National Geographic Pristine Seas expedition hosted a "Ship Day" for local youth at Matautu, Apia Harbor.
Welcoming twelve schools from across the island, the research team transformed their vessel into an interactive classroom designed to inspire...
Pago Pago, AMERICAN SAMOA — A whale-watching boat carrying several New Zealand Anglican Church delegates capsized and sank in Tonga on Saturday.
RNZ Pacific understands several passengers were briefly hospitalized, but there were no serious injuries.
Paramedics from New South Wales, who were in the...
Pago Pago, AMERICAN SAMOA — The Northern Mariana Islands' delegate to the US Congress wants the territory to receive half of any federal revenue generated from potential seabed mining around the islands.
The US has recently invited bidders for seabed mining licenses in American Samoa, and will soon...
Pago Pago, AMERICAN SAMOA — A large, luxury yacht owned by a Japanese billionaire has been traveling around the islands over the past few days, leaving a trail of curiosity in its wake.
Multiple boating websites reported the vessel is the 375-foot German- made yacht Nausicaa, owned by Japanese...
Pago Pago, AMERICAN SAMOA — Pasifika unemployment in New Zealand remains over double that of the general population, even as the nationwide unemployment rate reaches a near-11 year high.
Figures released by Statistics NZ on Wednesday put the unemployment rate for Pacific peoples at 11.6 percent in...
Pago Pago, AMERICAN SAMOA — Prime Minister La'aulialemalietoa Leuatea Schmidt is in New Zealand this week to meet seasonal workers and their families.
He and Labor Minister Fata Ryan Schuster met Samoan Recognized Seasonal Employer workers near Napier on Sunday.
While in Napier, La'auli heard from...
Pago Pago, AMERICAN SAMOA — Videos are circulating on Facebook where local people are recording themselves admitting the legitimacy of the cryptocurrency scam and encouraging friends and family to sign up.
As the internet has progressed over time, the various methods of fraud have grown and evolved...
Pago Pago, AMERICAN SAMOA — US National Weather Service issued a warning to residents of the Northern Marianas to prepare for super typhoon Bavi, before storm force winds hit the area on Sunday night.
The category five typhoon was expected to make landfall on Monday morning.
However, seas were...
Pago Pago, AMERICAN SAMOA — A Safata MP says compensation for the sinking of HMNZ Manawanui is on its way.
Nearly two years on from the sinking of the New Zealand Navy vessel on Safata reef in Smaoa, residents say compensation has still not been paid.
Residents have told the Samoan Observer that no...