Samoa

It comes within a 30-day state of emergency put in place after the budget was not passed earlier in the year, contributing to the fall of Fiame Naomi Mata'afa's government.

The Samoan government is urging parents and caregivers to get children immunised against measles amid reports of increasing measles cases in New Zealand and Australia.

Many Samoans face serious health risks due to poor nutrition, a diet analysis report has found.

The Samoan Prime Minister met with the New Zealand Foriegn Minister while in Auckland for medical treatment.

Tafitoala villagers are pleading for Manawanui wreckage compensation, saying "we are fighting for a big amount" as their livelihoods are most affected.

A year after the grounding of the NZ Navy vessel in Samoa, both governments are working on a two-part recovery fund to support the affected villages and restore the reef. Video, Audio

Hundreds of patients at Samoa's main hospital in the capital, Apia, went without meals after kitchen staff failed to show up for work in protest over unpaid wages on Thursday.