Samoa Independence Day 2025
Samoa Independence Day is celebrated every year on 1 January to commemorate its independence from New Zealand, granted on 1 January 1962.
In 2025, Samoa will celebrate its 63rd birthday.
Stat of the week: In 2019, nearly 1 in 3 deaths in Samoa were attributed to cardiovascular diseases, cancer, diabetes, or chronic respiratory diseases
This World Diabetes Day, we draw attention to the serious health challenges facing the Pacific region.
In 2019, nearly 1 in 3 deaths in Samoa 🇼🇸 were attributed to cardiovascular diseases, cancer, diabetes, or chronic respiratory diseases. This shows the…
Samoa advances coastal fisheries governance with legal training for sustainable marine resource management
Credit: Samoa MAF (Ministry of Agriculture and Fisheries)
Samoa SMILE: Strengthening educational leadership for a better future
Counting calories: Samoa’s food consumption insights emerge in Samoa Bureau of Statistics–SPC workshop
Samoa’s food consumption patterns give crucial insights into welfare, food security and nutrition, say Pacific Community (SPC) and Samoa Bureau of Statistics experts following a World Bank-supported workshop last month.
Samoa’s phonics project success: Its exactly how it sounds!
Proficient reader, aspiring writer and increased love for reading are some of the words used by Samoan teachers to describe students who participated in the Phonics project.
Prior to the project implementation in 2023 across 10 schools in Samoa,…
Conservation International launches Phase 2 of jurisdictional initiatives for Pacific tuna in Fiji, New Caledonia and Samoa
The National University of Samoa and EQAP collaborate on micro-credential framework workshop on a regional scale
The media release was originally published on the National University of Samoa's website.
Photo credit: NUS
Pacific Women in Health 2024: Meet Catherine from Samoa Ministry of Health
Pacific women are breaking barriers by taking up more roles in science and technology, a field that men predominately occupy. Meet Catherine Fiu the Principle Biomedical Engineer for the Samoa Ministry of Health as she shares her…