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Marty Taupau's return to Samoa headlines their Test clash against Papua New Guinea at Leichhardt Oval. Sam Squiers and Matthew Elliott preview the match.

The Samoan islands are sinking faster than expected due to warming alone, and a pair of huge quakes is likely to blame.

Activists accuse censors of 'selective morality' in nation where transgender women are widely accepted. Lagipoiva Cherelle Jackson in Apia. Tue 11 Jun 2019 ...

Fetu Samoa will play their first women's rugby league international in eight years when they take on the Kiwi Ferns in Auckland on Saturday.

After being selected to play for Mate Ma'a Tonga, former Toa Samoa player John Asiata had to get the permission from his Samoan father first on, whether he ...

Tonga, Samoa, Fiji and Papua New Guinea are set to host future Oceania Cup matches as part of a rolling 10-year international calendar, while the tournament ...

StarKist has little cash on hand, and has postponed a planned USD 77 million expansion of its tuna processing facility in American Samoa.

Samoa and Tonga players are allegedly under pressure from their French Top 14 clubs to miss the World Cup in Japan later this year. The start of the next Top ...

PNG have had the benefit of playing in the Queensland Cup for a number of years and now big name NRL players are pledging their support back to Samoa.

Kiwis fullback Roger Tuivasa-Sheck has revealed he turned down overtures from Martin Taupau to join him in the Samoan squad. The application of league's ...

The average wage for Samoan women is higher than men even though males continue to dominate the formal employment sector. The Samoa Observer reports ...

Brisbane Broncos flyer Jamayne Isaako has revealed his New Zealand snubbing by coach Michael Maguire prompted his switch to play for Samoa against ...

Several NRL stars will feature when Fiji take on Lebanon and Samoa clash with Papua New Guinea at Leichhardt Oval on Saturday.

Jane Jeffries checks into Return to Paradise Resort and Spa, Samoa. Getting there: Air NewZealand flies direct to Samoa daily, straight into the new Faleolo ...

Melbourne Storm enforcer Nelson Asofa-Solomona is eligible to play for Toa Samoa but has chosen the Kiwis instead.

Pacific Media Watch Newsdesk. The movie Rocketman is likely to be banned in the Cook Islands, despite having already been in the cinema for a week, reports ...

Samoa have scored a big coup with Manly prop Martin Taupau pledging allegiance to the Pacific nation ahead of next week's Test with Papua New Guinea.

Samoa 2019 have been given control of the Faleula Methodist Compound which will house athletes and team officials during next month's Pacific Games.

This beautiful island destination offers incredible experiences to suit all tastes.

The baton for the Samoa 2019 XVI Pacific Games torch relay continues the theme of using traditional Samoan tatau (tattoo) designs.

Kiwi Fern set to join brother as Kiwi league international.

Brisbane Broncos winger Jamayne Isaako has become the second member of NZ Kiwis team to pledge his allegiance to Toa Samoa for next weekend's ...

French clubs are putting pressure on Samoan and Tongan players to make themselves unavailable to play at the Rugby World Cup. World Rugby's regulation ...

Images of the medals that will be awarded at Samoa 2019 XVI Pacific Games have been released. Just over 2,300 medals will be awarded in the 27 sports, with ...

Don't know what time the games kick off? Want to know where you can watch it? Keen for tickets? Here is all you need to know about the international matches ...

Kiwi fans of Pacific Rugby are in for a doubleheader treat later this year after the Pasifika Challenge was announced today. Eden Park will host two matches on ...

Team Fiji to the Pacific Games chef de mission Patrick Bower, second left, receives sprays and deodrants for Team Fiji from Motibhai Group of Companies group ...

Former Cincinnati Bengals defensive end Jonathan Fanene faces charges he used a pipe, golf club and broom handle to assault his wife and his sister over ...

An English-Samoan bi-lingual kindergarten in Logan City has proven successful in connecting young children with their heritage language and culture.

PNG LNG Kumuls coach Michael Marum has named James Segeyaro as captain of the PNG LNG Kumuls for Saturday's Oceania Cup Pacific Test against Toa ...

Martin Taupau and Jamayne Isaako have opted to represent Samoa in this weekend's Pacific Test against Papua New Guinea. Manly forward Taupau made his ...

For those of you who have included Representative Round in your tipping competition, it is worth taking a look at who the NRL.com experts are backing before ...

Western Force centre Henry Taefu will need no extra motivation when he faces his countrymen in Friday night's Global Rapid Rugby Pacific showcase clash with ...

A former Samoan international, John Asiata, who was named in the Tongan rugby league squad ahead of next week's test against New Zealand, says it will be ...

The designs for the medals to be awarded at the 2019 Pacific Games in Samoa have been released.

OPINION: Despite wanting a little warming winter break, I won't be holidaying in the Pacific anytime soon.

The Blitzboks are into the Paris Sevens semi-finals after a thumping win over Samoa in their quarter-final encounter.

New Zealand authorities are investigating a prominent Samoan church with links to a cryptocurrency labelled as a fraudulent pyramid scheme.

Samoa's prime minister has turned back time to qualify for the archery competition at the Pacific Games at the grand age of 74.

The Pacific Games office is excited to announce the release of the draw for the football competition for Samoa 2019 XVI Pacific Games. It follows the live draw ...

The phone call Dunamis Lui made to put club over country will remain one of the toughest of his career but he hopes it can help the Canberra Raiders ignite a ...

NOAA , the Pacific Islands Ocean Observing System ( PacIOOS ) at the University of Hawai?i at Manoa and partners have launched a new buoy in American ...

The draw for the football competition at the Samoa 2019 Pacific Games has been made, with a minor error swiftly rectified.

At WWE Stomping Grounds, the up-and-coming Ricochet will challenge United States Champion Samoa Joe in a title fight that is sure to be an absolute barn ...

Every squad for the NRLs representative round have been announced ahead of a blockbuster weekend of action.

A new study has revealed that massive earthquakes are bigger threats than global warming when it comes to sea level rise.

Pago Pago, American Samoa • Former Cincinnati Bengals defensive end and former Ute Jonathan Fanene faces charges he used a pipe, golf club and broom ...

The Pacific nation of Samoa has banned the Elton John biopic "Rocketman" because of its depictions of homosexuality.

Martin Taupau speaks about his decision to change his allegiance from New Zealand to Samoa and how tough it was to tell Kiwis coach Michael Maguire.

On this week's Pacific Update, 1 NEWS correspondent Barbara Dreaver looks at allegations of a vicious prison beating in Samoa, chaos in Papua New Guinea's ...

South Auckland principal Shirley Maihi says her students don't need an official Samoan Language Week, as more than 200 of them are already fluent in it.

The Fijian Latui has beaten Kagifa Samoa 37-31 in their third Global Rapid Rugby match in Auckland, New Zealand. Eroni Mawi and Meli Nakarawa were ...

Official squads for the 2019 representative round featuring women's and men's State of Origin matches and Tests involving New Zealand, Papua New Guinea, ...

Talofa lava. This Monday (27 May) we begin the first of 2019's Pacific Language Weeks – Samoa Language Week.

Another Ninth Island import debuts this summer, bringing a wide selection of poke choices, plate lunches, and Samoan favorites from Waianae, on the far west ...

The PNG Garamuts notched up their second win of the U19 World Cup Qualifiers being played in Sano, Japan, by beating Samoa by four wickets.

A district court judge in Samoa has granted bail for Malele Atofu, who is widely known as King Faipopo, but he's been forbidden from posting on social media.

Samoan man Malele Atofu, also known on social media as King Faipopo, has been arrested and placed in police custody for the second time.

Ricochet will challenge Samoa Joe for the United States Championship at Stomping Grounds. Ricochet earned the right after surviving a Fatal 5-Way elimination ...

A Chinese company has reportedly given the Samoa government a wish list for investment in the country, including a casino. Talamua Online reported a ...

Last week, the first 'Forward 2.0 – Financial Governance Workshop' was launched in Apia, the vibrant capital city of the South Pacific nation of Samoa. Following ...

ST. GEORGE — A St. George-based nonprofit educational program that focuses on raising high school graduation rates is expanding its reach to the ...

The pacific nation Samoa have banned the Elton JOhn bippic 'Rocketman' from screening because it has scenes involving homosexuality.

Samoa's MV Nafanua police patrol boat, which was gifted by Australia under its Pacific defence programme, has begun its journey back to Australia. A 30 person ...

Images of the medals which will be awarded at Samoa 2019 XVI Pacific Games have been released to mark 30 days until the Opening Ceremony.

The Central Bank of Samoa on June 6 released a new $10 polymer bank note to commemorate the XVI Pacific Games 2019.

Five elite Tongan athletes took to the track and field at Teufaiva Stadium today, 5 June, to continue perfecting their techniques in the lead up to the Pacific ...

It has been a good Wednesday for the like of Fiji and Samoa at the World Rugby Council in Dublin, but Thursday's decision on the proposed Nations League will ...

A heart-to-heart with his father 12 months ago convinced Ken Maumalo to pledge his representative allegiance to New Zealand but the Warriors winger has not ...

The Fijian and the Samoan Rugby Unions are now members of the World Rugby Council, the Chairman of the World Rugby Chairman, Sir Bill Beaumont ...

Martin Taupau's club teammate encourages more players to make the switch to their country of heritage.

Samoa has named their squad for the Pacific Test against Papua New Guinea. Anthony Milford will captain the squad that also includes Martin Taupau after he ...

England Men Sevens will face Samoa in the Challenge Cup quarter final after ending day one with a 17-12 win against New Zealand at the HSBC London ...

NADI, 31 MAY 2019 (MANU SAMOA) – The Samoa Rugby Union President Namulau'ulu Papali'i Sami Leota has been elected to the Oceania Rugby Board of ...

Four local boxers representing Tonga are being put through their paces by high performance coach Asipeli Fine from Mascot, New South Wales, and China's ...

FIJI Olympian and national sprinter Sisilia Seavula will not be part of the Samoa Pacific Games after withdrawing from Athletics Fiji last month. This was ...

A team of eight taekwondo practitioners, six males and two females, are training hard to cement their spot to represent Tonga for the very first time at the Pacific ...

An Australian firm is looking at setting up an electric motorcycle manufacturing factory in Samoa.

An estimated 60 per cent of women on the island nation are the victim of spousal violence.

SP Hunters fullback Terry Wapi and Brisbane Broncos emerging star Xavier Coates are among six debutants named this afternoon for the first leg of the Oceania ...

SAMOA Prime Minister Tuilaepa Sailele Malielegaoi will represent his country in archery at the 2019 Pacific Games after he progressed through trials. The 74.

The Counties Manukau DHB where the country's largest Pacific population reside is urging locals to make sure they're protected.

The actor told fans that he refused to conform to Hollywood as he accepted the Generation Award, adding, "Hollywood was going to conform to me."

Vincent Onyala scored a hat-trick of tries as Kenya survived a late scare from Samoa to win 21-20 in a closely contested Pool “B” duel in the London Sevens at ...

The PNG Kumuls have named their squad to take on Samoa in the Pacific Test this Saturday. The Samoan squad can be seen here.

KEALAKEKUA — One of three people charged in the attempted murder of a hotel security guard took the stand Wednesday during the third day of trial, telling ...

Shannon Meyer previews the upcoming Pacific Test between the Papua New Guinea Kumuls and Samoa at Leichhardt Oval.

If you've finally run out of the last box of Girl Scout cookies, fret not! First of all, Girl Scout cookies are available to buy year-round on Amazon, so there's that.

Tupe Lualua, of Porirua, performs an excerpt of Fatu Na Toto - a dance theatre work created to celebrate Samoa Language Week (May 26 to June 1) - at ...

DUBLIN, 23 MAY 2019 (RUGBY PASS) – Fiji and Samoa have participated in their first World Rugby Council meeting, while Algeria was accepted as an ...

Love it or hate it, the NRL's representative round has arrived, and that means it's time for international rugby league. Here to guide you through the four big ...

Samoa's Ministry of Justice's has recalled a convicted murderer to continue serving his life sentence.

Churches could minimise the amount of domestic violence experienced by Samoan women, a New Zealand study has found. A New Zealand Institute for Pacific ...

The Pacific Games Office is proud to announce the draw and schedule for the seven (7) teams that will be competing for the Mixed Team Badminton event at the ...

Hon Aupito William Sio Minister for Pacific Peoples 26 May 2019 MEDIA STATEMENT A strong Samoan language for our children is a job for us all Samoa ...

Early childhood centre Born and Raised Pasifika used Samoan Language Week as an opportunity to celebrate a special day in Samoa's history. The centre ...

It's the first of seven Pacific language weeks to be held this year.

Samoan Language Week was being celebrated in style with some home cooking at Arohamai Literacy Horowhenua in Levin this week. The centre, which runs a ...

Kiwi heavyweight boxer Joseph Parker's next opponent has been confirmed as Australian-Samoan Alex Leapai. The pair will fight later this month in the United ...

WWE star Samoa Joe opens up about how he has fit in so far in the WWE, bringing realism to what he does and his first WrestleMania experience.