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Pago Pago, AMERICAN SAMOA — Deputy Secretary of State Christopher Landau will travel to Hawaii, Tonga, Fiji, and Samoa from February 22 to March 2, 2026. Deputy Secretary Landau and Adm. Samuel J. Paparo, commander of U.S. Indo-Pacific Command (INDOPACOM), will co-host The Pacific Agenda:...
Pago Pago, AMERICAN SAMOA — A senior Pacific health lecturer says non-communicable diseases (NCDs) can trap families in "cycles of poverty".
A health survey found almost all adults in Fiji aged between 18 and 69 - 98.5 percent - have at least one risk factor for NCDs, while nearly half are living...
For The Conversation — President Donald Trump’s economic agenda took a major hit when the Supreme Court struck down many of his most sweeping tariffs. While Trump has options to restore some of the tariffs, he’s losing his most powerful tool to impose them almost at will as a bargaining chip with...
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,...