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Pago Pago, AMERICAN SAMOA — Latest data from Stats NZ reveals that 17.2 percent of New Zealand households had at least one person belonging to the Asian ethnic group in 2023.
Data from 2018 shows such households making up 15.1 percent of total households in the country, according to Stats NZ.
There...
Pago Pago, AMERICAN SAMOA — Sister Susana Vaifale of the Missionaries of Faith has lived in Rome for more than ten years and worked at the Vatican's St Peter's parish office.
She told Pacific Waves that when she met the Pope in 2022 for an "ad limina" visit with the bishops from Papua New Guinea...
Pago Pago, AMERICAN SAMOA —American Samoans in Alaska are being criminally targeted based on confusion related to Alaska’s election administration system and because they are labeled so-called “non-citizen” U.S. Nationals by the federal government. On Friday, May 2nd, ten American Samoans will be...
Honolulu, HAWAII — Recent media responses to President Trump’s April 17, Proclamation to restore access for American fishermen to the waters between 50 to 200 nautical miles (nm) offshore within the Pacific Islands Heritage Marine National Monument (PIHMNM) have raised questions and some confusion...
Pago Pago, AMERICAN SAMOA — An ocean conservation non-profit has condemned the United States President's latest executive order aimed at boosting the deep sea mining industry.
President Donald Trump issued the "Unleashing America's offshore critical minerals and resources" order on Thursday,...
Attorney General hosts first task force meeting to eradicate anti-Christian bias in the Federal Govt
Pago Pago, AMERICAN SAMOA — On Tuesday, Attorney General Pamela Bondi hosted members of the President’s Cabinet at the U.S. Department of Justice for the inaugural meeting of the Task Force to Eradicate Anti-Christian Bias in the federal government. The Task Force, which was established by...
Pago Pago, AMERICAN SAMOA — Bailey Poching plays a radio DJ looking for love in Netflix's new Arctic comedy. The actor, who identifies as Samoan and Māori, relished the role which brings Indigenous communities together.
One Monday in March last year, comedian and actor Bailey Poching got a call...
Pago Pago, AMERICAN SAMOA — The Commonwealth of Northern Mariana Islands (CNMI) residents held a peaceful roadside rally against the policies of US President Donald Trump in Saipan last Saturday.
The demonstration took place in front of Oleai Beach Bar and Grill in San Jose.
Anti-Trump protest...
Pago Pago, AMERICAN SAMOA — Northern Mariana Islands (CNMI) Governor Arnold Palacios commended Western Pacific Fisheries Council and American Samoa US Delegate Uifa'atali Amata Radewagen for persuading President Donald Trump to sign an executive order restoring for Pacific Island communities the...
Pago Pago, AMERICAN SAMOA — Members of the Samoa business community and even the Minister of Commerce, Industry and Labor, Leatinu'u Wayne Fong, have fallen prey to scammers suspected of using a special app to imitate voices.
The police are investigating more than 10 such cases and Police...