Samoa

A veteran Samoan journalist has been awarded the prestigious Freedom of the Media Award for Excellence in Commentary and Criticism at the National Press Club in Washington.

Faith Vui remembers driving a golf cart for her dad in Apia when she was a kid, so it was fitting that he was by her side when she took out the New Zealand Women's Amateur Championship on the weekend.

The Samoa Parliament has approved a recommendation to revisit Samoa's Constitution to clarify the wording of the 10 per cent quota for women's seats and how it is calculated.

A woman MP in Samoa, Ali'imalemanu Alofa Tuuau, has expressed concern that a parliamentary committee has recommended to eliminate the 10 percent quota provision of women MPs.

A Victoria University in Wellington academic believes tourism poses more risk for Samoa landowners and suggests agriculture as a better alternative for commercialisation of customary land.