Samoa is not the first Pacific island country to put a marine spatial plan in place. Tonga also has a legislated MSP, and Palau has a bill in Congress.

External Affairs Minister S Jaishankar congratulated Samoa on Independence Day, emphasising the commitment to enhance Pacific Islands partnerships. Samoa, the first Pacific nation to gain ...

Members of the EFKS Taeaoafua church in Māngere Bridge built a 200-seat church without planning approval and then held services in a dangerous building, an Auckland court has found.

Citizens’ groups praise Gov’t for ‘Reservation’ on Samoa Agreement ...

Samoa 's Prime Minister said she would seek to dissolve Parliament, prompting an early election, after a vote on her government's budget for the next year failed Tuesday. Fiamē Naomi Mata'afa's ...

The Trump administration is taking a step toward potentially allowing companies to trawl for minerals under the ocean floor off the coast of American Samoa. The Interior Department announced late ...

This paper describes the recent work to strengthen the nowcasting capacity at the Central Bank of Samoa (CBS). It compiles available high-frequency datasets such as tourism receipts, agriculture ...

This paper provides a targeted analysis of ML/TF risks pertaining to remittances to Samoa, confirming limited risks, and discusses potential opportunities for streamlining applicable AML/CFT ...

Samoa Joe is looking to succeed where others have failed. He will be the next up to try to end Jon Moxley’s 210-plus day reign as AEW World champion when the two veterans step into a steel cage ...

Samoa Joe is a former AEW World Champion (source: AEW's YouTube channel) A WWE veteran revealed that Samoa Joe is angry with him. He also revealed the reason why.

Energy Crisis Grips Samoa By Felicity Bradstock - Apr 12, 2025, 10:00 AM CDT ...

RFK Jr. misled the US Senate on measles deaths, Samoa’s health chief says An outbreak of measles devastated the Pacific island nation in 2019, killing 83 people in a population of 200,000.