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This episode examines the fatal consequences of New Zealand’s rule in Samoa, and the key events that led to the rise of Samoa's ‘Mau’ resistance movement.  

Bath deputy to take over as chief of police Contributed Bath Deputy Police Chief Andrew Booth will become the city’s next chief of police later this month — succeeding outgoing Chief Michael Field. Field announced his impending retirement last month. Related Booth was first hired by the city in 2002, serving in a number of roles including patrol officer, patrol corporal, drug detective and detective sergeant. He was promoted to deputy chief in 2019. The city received two applicants for the open chief position, Booth and a police lieutenant from Brunswick, Georgia. Booth was unanimously se...

This week Bobbi Conner talks with Dr. Michael Field about the benefits and challenges of using wearable or smart devices to monitor heart rate and rhythm. Dr. Field is a Professor in the College of Medicine and he’s a cardiologist and heart rhythm expert who specializes in the diagnosis and treatment of atrial fibrillation at MUSC.

Share on Twitter Samoa's prime minister-elect was locked out of the Pacific nation's parliament in extraordinary scenes on Monday, as her political rival refused to accept electoral defeat prompting claims of a coup. Fiame Naomi Mata'afa arrived at parliament ready to be appointed Samoa's first female prime minister, accompanied by judges in formal robes and horsehair wigs whose job was to witness her swearing-in. Instead, they were barred from entering the parliamentary chamber as police looked on while her supporters sang hymns and called for the results of the 9 April general e...

Natasha Frost Save Share Samoa | Fiame Naomi Mata’afa walked toward Samoa’s beehive-shaped Parliament House on Monday morning intending to be sworn in as the first female prime minister in the Pacific Island nation’s 56-year history. What she and her fellow party members found instead were locked doors. The Speaker of Parliament issued orders to keep them out. And so deepened a constitutional crisis that has convulsed this long-stable nation and thrown into doubt whether Mata’afa, whose party won the April 9 election, would actually take office. Samoa’s Prime Minister...