Samoa

Samoa's government is reviewing its policy on the repatriation of bodies back to the country.

New Zealand began their quest for a seventh consecutive OFC Under 19 Women's Championship title with a crushing 30-0 demolition of Samoa in Rarotonga.

Samoa have named their squad for the Rugby World Cup, including two new caps and 23 players who will be competing at their first tournament.

Tusi Pisi will make his third World Cup appearance at the age of 37, while prop Michael Alaalatoa will complete a compelling family story after both were named in Samoa's squad on Saturday.

Three players will make their international debut for Manu Samoa in Saturday's Pasifika Challenge match against the New Zealand Heartland XV in Auckland.

A New Zealand health authority has been notified of a case of measles in a passenger travelling from Samoa to Auckland.

Samoa's police chief has dismissed a report that a fourth person has been arrested in connection with an alleged plot to assassinate the prime minister.

Samoa Prime Minister Tuila'epa Sa'ilele Malielegaoi is continuing his campaign to reduce the cost of traditional gift giving at official events.

Samoa's acting chief justice has adjourned a civil hearing after a New Zealand-based lawyer representing one of the parties was unable to return for the case because of a death threat against her.

The need for networking, sharing of information, and capacity building to fight the illicit drug trade has been underscored at the Pacific Islands Chiefs of Police Conference.

A police constable in Samoa, Lefiu Aiga Fono, has appeared in court on charges of murder and manslaughter following the death of man in a stone throwing incident at Faleasi'u village early this year.

Two men have appeared in the Samoan Supreme Court on a joint charge of conspiring to murder relating to the alleged plot against the Prime Minister, Tuila'epa Sa'ilele Malielegaoi.

A monument erected by the New Zealand Government commemorating those who died in the Spanish influenza epidemic in Samoa has been unveiled in Samoa.

A 25-year-old Samoan boxing gold medalist in last month's Pacific Games, Nu'uuli Mose Livai, has escaped a jail sentence despite being convicted twice of burglary and theft.

A youth convicted of theft in Samoa has been ordered by the court to write an apology to Papua New Guinea athletes who competed in July's Pacific Games.

Samoa's Prime Minister and Minister of Police, Tuila'epa Sa'ilele Malielegaoi, says he is not involved in any way in the police handling of investigations into an alleged assassination plot.