29 Aug 2025

Pacific correspondent Koroi Hawkins

From Nine To Noon, 9:45 am on 29 August 2025
Samoans will vote for their next government on Friday.

Samoans will vote for their next government on Friday. Photo: RNZ Pacific

RNZ Pacific's editor Koroi Hawkins discusses Samoa's election, a major Fiji drug trafficking operation has seen a hefty fine handed down, and the Marshall Islands parliament has burnt down.

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