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More twists in Samoa election saga, with more court action likely

May 5, 2021

Former NZ politician Aupito Tofae Su'a William Sio

‘Huge relief’ in Samoa post snap general election, says Aupito

August 31, 2025

Samoa's Electoral Commissioner Toleafoa Tuiafelolo Alexander Stanley briefing the media on election day

Samoa snap election: No results just yet, says electoral commissioner

August 30, 2025

More than 100,000 registered voters are heading to the polls to decide Samoa's next government.

Polls open in Samoa’s 2025 general election with one seat declared

August 29, 2025

Assisting the elderly at Samoan pre-polling

Samoa general election: Pre-polling kicks off

August 27, 2025

A Human Rights Protection Party (HRPP) rally held during the 2025 Samoan general election campaign

Gearing up for the 2025 Samoan general election – three-way split?

August 25, 2025

Samoa on election day in 2016

Samoa parliament to be dissolved in June, election date to come

May 29, 2025

PM Fiame Naomi Mata'afa in Parliament yesterday

Samoan PM Fiamē advises dissolution of parliament, calls for snap elections

May 28, 2025

Samoan justice graphic

Samoa’s FAST gets Appeal Court election clarification it wanted

June 26, 2021

FAST members in a tent

FAST party locked out of Samoa’s Fale Fono as election turmoil...

May 24, 2021

Jubilant FAST supporters outside court

No new elections in Samoa as Head of State doesn’t have...

May 17, 2021

Samoa’s Supreme Court dismisses Head of State’s call for fresh election

May 17, 2021

Ex-Attorney-General Taulapapa Brenda Heather Latu

Samoa court test case ruling on fresh elections due Monday

May 15, 2021

NZ High Commissioner in Samoa casts first elections 2017 overseas vote

September 8, 2017

HRPP heading for landslide win in Samoan election

March 5, 2016

"If the Samoan Prime Minister is truly concerned about the vision of journalists, he need only look at those closest to him"

Samoa Observer: The PM’s wish and our promise

November 18, 2025

JAWS president Lagi Keresoma

Samoan PM bans nation’s only newspaper from government access

November 18, 2025

Local body election candidates

‘We need to be involved’: Pasifika candidates running in Auckland local...

August 15, 2025

Prime Minister Fiāme Naomi Mata'afa on the floor of Parliament earlier this year

Samoa parliament formally dissolved after months of uncertainty

June 3, 2025

Media education in Samoa

Samoa down in RSF media freedom world ranking due to ‘authoritarian...

May 7, 2025

Samoan Prime Minister Fiame Naomi Mata'afa

Samoan Prime Minister Fiame survives in resounding no-confidence vote

February 25, 2025

Samoan Prime Minister Fiame Naomi Mata’afa

Samoa political update: Fiame prevails in leadership crisis

January 22, 2025

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