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Pago Pago, AMERICAN SAMOA — Samoa Airways, one of the two airlines serving the two Samoa routes, has announced a significant increase in airfares due to a recent fee adjustment imposed by the Samoa Airport Authority. This change takes effect on March 1, 2026, and will impact all passengers...
Apia, SAMOA — (February 19, 2026) Faleolo Hospital, located opposite the Faleolo International Airport, has received a donation of medical equipment valued at USD $16,000 from the United States Government through the U.S. Embassy in Apia.
The initiative, extended to the Samoa Ministry of Health,...
Pago Pago, AMERICAN SAMOA — The New Zealand Defense Force has rescued two men in the middle of the ocean south of Tonga.
The men had left Tongatapu 10 days prior and were declared missing shortly after departure, discovered by an Air Force P-8A Poseidon en route to the South-West Pacific, NZDF said...
ANCHORAGE, Alaska (KTUU) — More than a month after a key hearing, 11 American Samoan residents from Whittier will continue to wait for a court decision that could determine whether their voter misconduct cases proceed to trial — a ruling that hinges on whether the law requires proof they meant to...
Pago Pago, AMERICAN SAMOA — A new poll shows a majority of New Zealanders want the fishing method of bottom trawling banned, as New Zealand is the last country operating a bottom trawling fleet in the high seas of the South Pacific.
But the Oceans and Fisheries Minister Shane Jones said it was too...
Apia, SAMOA — (February 15, 2026) Afioga Faaolesa Katopau Ainuʻu, a distinguished lawyer and former Minister of Justice and Courts Administration, passed away suddenly at his home in Leifiifi, Apia on Saturday evening. He was 62.
His youngest sister, Maiava Atalina Ainuʻu-Enari, the current...
Pago Pago, AMERICAN SAMOA — Picture-perfect weather set the scene for this year's Wellington Pasifika Festival, drawing large crowds to celebrate the cultures, languages and traditions of the Pacific.
The annual event has become a major gathering for Pasifika communities in New Zealand's capital,...
Pago Pago, AMERICAN SAMOA — A 43-year-old Samoa national holding a New Zealand passport has been detained in Apia after allegedly being found with 90 grams of marijuana and drug paraphernalia, local authorities said on Thursday.
The man, who resides in Australia, arrived on a Fiji Airways flight on...
Pago Pago, AMERICAN SAMOA — Bosco the French bulldog, known for ripping it up on his surfboard, returned to the moana in Paihia this Waitangi Day, flying the He Whakaputanga flag before the annual waka celebrations.
Now five years old, Bosco the French bulldog was joined by younger companion...
Pago Pago, AMERICAN SAMOA — A group representing the mining sector insists the decision declining plans to mine the Taranaki seabed is not final.
While the fast-track approvals panel turned down Trans-Tasman Resources' (TTR) bid to mine 50 million tonnes a year, for 30 years, in the South Taranaki...