Samoa

Samoa's Sevens team has moved on from the disappointment of missing out on automatic qualification for the Tokyo Olympics, says coach Sir Gordon Tietjens.

One of the two prisoners in Samoa who were the first to escape from the newly-built prison at Tanumalala has told a court he and his colleague have been badly treated since being recaptured.

New Zealand's Minister for Pacific Peoples is warning holiday travel to Samoa may worsen the measles epidemic. Audio

A family in Samoa has lost their third child to the measles epidemic, as the country's death toll continues to rise.

At least 15 children in Samoa are understood to have died from measles, or its complications, as the epidemic takes hold in Samoa.

Samoa have thrashed Papua New Guinea 65-12 to make an emphatic start to the Oceania Rugby Women's Championship.

New Zealand has announced a deployment of 18 more vaccination nurses to support the Samoan government's response to the measles epidemic.

The stand-off between Samoa's seven television stations and the Office of the Regulator has taken its first casualty with the operators of BYU TV not renewing its licence.

A sacked senior prison officer in Samoa is seeking legal advice to get her job back after the Supreme Court acquitted her of theft.

Samoa is experiencing a crisis of trust over its measles vaccines program, a New Zealand immunisation expert says.

The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter Day Saints in Samoa has cancelled all their services and gatherings until a measles-related state of emergency passes.

Tonga's opening match at the Oceania Women's Rugby Championship has been cancelled after a player was reported to have suspected symptoms of measles.

The Department of Health in American Samoa is discouraging travel to Samoa until the measles epidemic there is under control.