Samoa

The Samoan Prime Minister met with the New Zealand Foriegn Minister while in Auckland for medical treatment.

Tafitoala villagers are pleading for Manawanui wreckage compensation, saying "we are fighting for a big amount" as their livelihoods are most affected.

A year after the grounding of the NZ Navy vessel in Samoa, both governments are working on a two-part recovery fund to support the affected villages and restore the reef. Video, Audio

Hundreds of patients at Samoa's main hospital in the capital, Apia, went without meals after kitchen staff failed to show up for work in protest over unpaid wages on Thursday.

Auapaau Logoitino Filipo was appointed to the role in July 2022 for a three-year term, replacing Fuiavailiili Egon Keil. His contract had more than a month remaining.

Samoan cricketer Ross Taylor left the field injured at the Twenty20 World Cup qualifier in Oman.

Monday marked one year since the New Zealand Navy vessel ran aground and sank off the south coast of Upolu.

Alex Rose claimed the bronze medal for the men's discus event at the World Athletics Championship held last month in Tokyo. Audio

Samoa's longest-serving leader says his time in parliament is drawing to a close after more than four decades in politics.

The government has paid $6 million to Samoa's government as compensation following the sinking of HMNZS Manawanui.