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Samoa

July 2024

  • Iuniarra Sipaia at Tuanaimato gym in Apia where the weightlifting team bound for Paris are camping

    ‘Our whole country is behind them’: Samoa’s weightlifters chasing Olympic glory

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    Mapped: the vast network of security deals spanning the Pacific, and what it means

December 2023

  • 'Litany of loopholes': Samoa delegate challenges Cop28 president on climate pact – video

    Lead delegate Anne Rasmussen, on behalf of small island nations, complained that they weren't even in the room when al-Jaber said the deal was done.
  • Beautiful clear water and a white sandy beach around a tropical island in Fiji

    The price of paradise?
    Paradise cost: the Pacific islands changing the future of tourism

    New push to attract visitors focuses on environment and culture, as experts call for better monitoring of sustainability pledges
  • Walk with Nick Afoa former champion rugby player now one of Opera Australia’s shining stars, currently playing John is Miss Saigon, but best known as Simba in the stage production of The Lion King. From Regent Theatre on Collins street to Her Majesties Theatre on Exhibition street. Melbourne. Australia

    Walk with ...
    Nick Afoa: ‘It was make or break – and I broke’

    He’s now one of Opera Australia’s shining stars, but Afoa had been on the path to international rugby stardom – before disaster struck

September 2023

  • US president Joe Biden

    Pacific project
    Biden seeks to win over Pacific leaders as Solomon Islands turns back on talks

    ‘Historic’ summit seen as part of effort to counter Beijing in the region as Pacific leaders seek more support on climate change

April 2023

  • British foreign secretary James Cleverly has cancelled planned trips to Samoa and New Zealand at short notice.

    Britain’s top diplomat James Cleverly skips part of Pacific tour to focus on Sudan

    Foreign secretary cancelled plans in Samoa and New Zealand due to crisis in Sudan, his office said

March 2023

  • Boat anchored near the Honiara port of Solomon Islands

    Chinese state company wins contract to redevelop Solomon Islands port, prompting cautious response

  • The village of Faleasiu on the island of Upolu in Samoa.

    Samoa PM urges world to save Pacific people from climate crisis obliteration

January 2023

  • Taumeasina Island Resort in Apia, Samoa which has lost a huge number of staff due to the seasonal worker program in Australia and New Zealand.

    Pacific project
    ‘A very big gap’: Pacific businesses desperate for staff as workers leave for Australia and New Zealand

    Last year more than 6,600 workers left Samoa for seasonal worker programs, double the number leaving before the pandemic

November 2022

  • A crowd watches muscular shirtless dancers twirling flaming batons

    The Pacific project
    ‘What a time to be alive’: rugby league fever grips Samoa after team’s surprise World Cup run

    Houses have been painted blue and flags are sold out across the island country ahead of the grand final against Australia on Saturday at Old Trafford
  • Lelata village, Samoa, which sustained heavy damage from flash flooding as a result of Cyclone Evan

    Between two worlds
    ‘When a cyclone hits a thatched hut in the Pacific Islands, it’s raw and scary’

    Storms do not ravage a modern insulated home as they do Samoa’s traditional fale dwellings
  • An illustration of human bones including a skull strewn across a sandy beach with trees fallen and damaged in the background

    Before it is lost
    The climate crisis threatens to rob us not just of our living, but also of our dead

    Lagipoiva Cherelle Jackson
    As Pacific nations face the prospect of losing entire islands, the thought of leaving behind the bones of our ancestors is unbearable

July 2022

  • A ship in a deep-sea mining trial in the Pacific Ocean last year

    CSIRO joins deep-sea mining project in Pacific as islands call for industry halt

    Agency to lead consortium in scheme targeting battery materials while conservationists say Australia on ‘wrong side of debate’

June 2022

  • Guardian-class patrol boat

    Serious defects discovered in patrol boats Australia supplied to Pacific Islands

    Potentially serious faults in Guardian-class patrol boats may force some countries to pause use of vessels
  • China’s ambassador to Australia, Xiao Qian

    ‘Things aren’t going back’: Australia braces for step-up in China’s Pacific push

    Despite initial relief over island nations’ rejection of security and economic pact, senior government figure says reprieve could be only temporary
  • In this photo taken from video supplied by the Australian Department of Foreign Affairs, Australian Foreign Minister Penny Wong, right, holds a joint press conference with Samoan Prime Minister Fiame Naomi Mata’afa in Apia, Samoa, Thursday, June 2, 2022

    Samoa’s PM says China’s expectation of Pacific-wide deal ‘something we could not agree to’

    Regional matters must be taken to Pacific Islands Forum, says Fiame Naomi Mata’afa after countries declined deal with Beijing

May 2022

  • Secretary-General of the Pacific Islands Forum Henry Puna (2nd R) holds a meeting with Chinese Foreign Minister Wang Yi (3rd L) in Fiji's capital city of Suva as part of Wang’s marathon tour of the region.

    The Pacific project
    China’s foreign minister tells Pacific leaders ‘don’t be too anxious’ after they reject regional security pact

  • Chinese foreign minister Wang Yi (right) and Samoan prime minister Fiame Naomi Mata’afa attend an agreement signing ceremony in Apia

    Samoa signs China bilateral agreement during Pacific push by Beijing

April 2022

  • Yuki Kihara’s Genesis 9:16 (After Gauguin), 2020

    Fa’afafine Yuki Kihara celebrates Samoa’s third gender: ‘Galleries think they can tick the box with me’

    Representing New Zealand at the Venice Biennale, the Samoan-Kiwi artist is foregrounding Samoa’s fa’afafine and transgender communities, and the climate crisis hidden from tourists
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