10+ hour, 55+ min ago   (406+ words) Samoa is heading into another three months of below-normal rainfall as El Niño conditions continue to strengthen, raising concerns over water supplies, agriculture and the risk of wildfires. El Niño is a natural climate pattern characterised by the warming of…...

12+ hour, 15+ min ago   (408+ words) Dr Upolu Luma Vaai, a Samoan professor of theology and ethics and Vice-Chancellor of Pasifika Communities University, has warned that instability in Pacific parliaments is threatening peace and regional stability as Samoa joins the Pacific Inter-Parliamentary Assembly as a full…...

2+ day, 17+ hour ago   (291+ words) Hosts Samoa finished their OFC U-19 Men’s Championship campaign on a high note with a 3-1 win over Vanuatu, thanks to a second-half hat-trick from Lomitusi Scanlan. Scanlan scored three goals in the final 13 minutes of the match to help Samoa finish seventh…...

1+ week, 4+ day ago   (580+ words) Pacific countries have the plans to deal with growing security threats, but leaders now need the political will to turn those commitments into action. That was the message from Pacific leaders and regional experts at a side event of the…...

1+ week, 5+ day ago   (210+ words) I’m excited to embark soon on my third trip to the region, where I’ll be representing the United States at the Pacific Islands Forum Leaders’ Summit in Palau, with follow-on stops in the Federated States of Micronesia, Solomon Islands and…...

2+ week, 14+ hour ago   (76+ words) Samoa will join regional stakeholders at the 55th Pacific Islands Forum in Palau to advocate for caution regarding deep-sea mining. Police probe death with witness accounts of brutality By Su'emalolefasula Taylor Ieremia • 30 August 2026, 5:10PM AG cleared by-election candidate of criminal suspicion Two…...

2+ week, 1+ day ago   (511+ words) A new regional report has warned fuel shocks, rising living costs and employment constraints can develop into wider social and political security problems across Pacific Island countries. The 2026 Pacific Peace and Security Dialogue report said economic security could not be…...

2+ week, 1+ day ago   (328+ words) For Brigadier Commander Esther Harrop of the New Zealand Defence Force, marking ANZAC Day in Apia was about honouring the link she has with Samoa. It was a personal reflection on ANZAC Day at the dawn service held on Saturday…...

3+ week, 1+ day ago   (225+ words) A customer thought Christmas had come early when a local bank receipt showed about $200 more than expected. Another transaction was quickly attempted and boom, the extra money was nowhere to be found. Turns out the receipt was telling a richer…...

3+ week, 1+ day ago   (290+ words) Australia is stepping up for Samoa’s next generation, through the Australia-Samoa Tautua Partnership, new doors are opening for young people across Upolu and Savai’i following a series of high-impact Youth Development Day activities aimed at unlocking local potential. The activities…...