Lady Samoa News Today

Questions remain as to the total cost of a Samoan passenger ferry chartered by the Cook Islands government prior to Christmas and how much revenue was generated from passenger seat sales and cargo to offset taxpayer contributions.

 

Ninety descendants of Nassau have returned to Rarotonga after a month in their homeland. Alongside a group of 76 who visited Pukapuka, the Nassau community of Auckland, with some from Australia, reconnected with their people, places, and unique cultures of their respective islands. Candice Luke reports.

Pago Pago, AMERICAN SAMOA — The Department of Corrections has confirmed that inmate Tauaiga Taele, who escaped at the Fagatogo wharf last week was apprehended by police officers Sund

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A long serving Cook Islands public service has been forced to hike its prices as it struggles without government subsidies.

Avatiu Harbour was buzzing with activity yesterday morning as passengers bound for Pukapuka boarded the Lady Samoa IV.

A Samoan passenger ferry chartered by the Cook Islands government for $640,000 is scheduled to arrive in Rarotonga today and take 160 New Zealand and Australia based people of Pukapuka descent to the northern island. Al Williams reports.

Plans to secure an area near the wharf in Pago Pago in American Samoa to construct a terminal and warehouse to store cargo shipped on the Lady Samoa IV will be pushed through with more discussions to follow. The proposed plan was amongst follow-up matters pursued by the Minister of Works Transpor...

“We must go on because we can’t turn back.”  Robert Louis Stevenson I grew up at Vaitele, a village close to the town area of Apia. In my family, there are six members. All my life I was only familiar with members of my dad’s family. Often Mum talks about her family in Savaii. I listened a lot to...