Kenai Jay Palepoi Mauga, a 16-year-old soccer player from Indialantic, has been selected to represent AmericanSamoa in the upcoming FIFA Series 2026, a global initiative designed to elevate developing national teams ... American Samoa will play..
The Prime Minister says he will leave the Pacific with a "strong set of alignment" with Samoa and Tonga, with agreements signed on crime and education - but not immigration ... less clamour than in Samoa.
Samoa's government has confirmed the Prime Minister did not request his matai title after all ... by the Government of Samoa ... "One's duty as a matai Samoa, is to serve Samoa," is reported to have said.
New Zealand and Samoa have signed bespoke arrangements between the nations’ respective police and customs departments to bolster action against what Prime Minister Christopher Luxon calls the Pacific “superhighway for drugs”.
There's uncertainty about whether New Zealand has finished paying compensation to Samoa for the Manawanui disaster, following a series of press conference by prime ministers of both countries today.
Prime Minister Christopher Luxon is refusing to address a report claiming he tried to call off a ceremony in Samoa bestowing him with a chiefly title, saying there is nothing more to add. .
Luxon and a delegation of high-profile New Zealanders are visiting Samoa and Tonga this week, marking New Zealand’s first official engagements with the two nations’ new Governments and leaders.
The visit marks New Zealand’s first comprehensive engagement with the new governments in both countries, with the Prime Minister looking forward to his meetings with the new leaders and their Cabinets in each capital ....