New Zealand Foreign Minister Hon Winston Peters has announced that at the request of the Samoan Government, New Zealand will be providing additional support to Samoa by way of 3000 vaccinations and 12 nursing staff. “In response to a request from the people of Samoa, New Zealand is providing 3000 measles, mumps and rubella (MMR) […]
New Zealand Minister Opens Pacific Climate Change Centre in Samoa
Thursday 5 September 2019 Apia Samoa. Updated 7 September 2019. New Zealand Minister for Pacific Peoples Aupito Tofoe Su’a William Sio today spoke at the opening of the new Pacific Climate Change Centre “In September last year, Minister of Foreign Affairs Winston Peters announced New Zealand’s commitment to cooperating with Japan, Samoa and SPREP to help […]
Maritime Awareness Raised through Regional Workshop
11 May 2019, Apia Samoa. Press Release. The Secretariat of the Pacific Community and representatives of the consortium partners from FFA, Australia Geoscience and the Attorney-General’s Department of Australia who are partners in the Pacific Regional Maritime Boundaries Project were in Samoa to carry out a workshop held in collaboration with the Ministry of Foreign […]
Samoa Completes First WTO Trade Policy Review
17 April 2019, Apia Samoa. Much interest was shown by WTO member countries during Samoa’s first Trade Policy Review held in Geneva this week with 19 delegations taking the floor and more than 70 written questions submitted by members. Trade policy reviews are mandated by the World Trade Organisation (WTO) for all its member countries. […]
Ambassador of the Republic of Cyprus Presents Credentials
H.E. Mrs Martha Mavrommati arrived in Apia on Wednesday 6th of March 2019 to present her Letters of Credence to the Head of State, His Highness Tuimalealiifano Vaaletoa Sualauvi II. The credentials ceremony took place this morning at the Office of the Head of State in Vailele. Her Excellency Martha Mavrommati, High Commissioner of Cyprus […]
Scholarship Awardees for 2019 Announced
8 January 2019, Apia Samoa. The annual Government reception for the NUS Foundation awardees was held this morning at Lepapaigalagala Campus. The event was hosted by the Prime Minister and Chair of the Scholarship Committee Hon Tuilaepa Dr Sailele Malielegaoi and attended by Acting High Commissioner for Australia Amanda Jewell and Acting New Zealand High […]
