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January 28, 2026
By Mark Rabago, RNZ Pacific Commonwealth of the Northern Marianas correspondent Pacific delegates in the United States Congress are warning efforts to fast-track deep-seabed mining could sideline island communities and cause irreversible damage to fragile ocean ecosystems. The concerns were raised at a House Natural Resources Committee hearing in Washington last week, held a day ... <a title="Pacific delegates warn against US fast-tracking seabed mining" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2026/01/28/pacific-delegates-warn-against-us-fast-tracking-seabed-mining/" aria-label="Read more about Pacific delegates warn against US fast-tracking seabed mining">Read more</a>
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December 31, 2024
By Mark Rabago, RNZ Pacific Commonwealth of the Northern Marianas correspondent The Governor of the Commonwealth of the Northern Marianas has paid tribute to former US President Jimmy Carter who died yesterday. “Carter played a pivotal role in the historic establishment of the CNMI as a Commonwealth in political union with the United States,” Governor ... <a title="Pacific leaders remember Jimmy Carter’s ‘pivotal role’ for CNMI" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2024/12/31/pacific-leaders-remember-jimmy-carters-pivotal-role-for-cnmi/" aria-label="Read more about Pacific leaders remember Jimmy Carter’s ‘pivotal role’ for CNMI">Read more</a>
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November 4, 2024
By Eleisha Foon, RNZ Pacific senior journalist As the US election unfolds, American territories such as the Northern Marianas, American Samoa, and Guam, along with the broader Pacific region, will be watching the developments. As the question hangs in the balance of whether the White House remains blue with Kamala Harris or turns red under ... <a title="How the US election may affect Pacific Island nations" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2024/11/04/how-the-us-election-may-affect-pacific-island-nations/" aria-label="Read more about How the US election may affect Pacific Island nations">Read more</a>
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August 12, 2024
By Caleb Fotheringham, RNZ Pacific journalist Pacific foreign ministers have given their nod of approval for United States territories Guam and American Samoa to be associate members of main regional decision-making body, but a political analyst says it is geopolitics at play. The news was delivered by Pacific Islands Forum (PIF) chair and Cook Islands ... <a title="Greenlight given to Guam, American Samoa for PIF associate membership" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2024/08/12/greenlight-given-to-guam-american-samoa-for-pif-associate-membership/" aria-label="Read more about Greenlight given to Guam, American Samoa for PIF associate membership">Read more</a>
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June 3, 2024
RNZ Pacific Tributes are pouring in for an acclaimed American Samoan poet and teacher who was murdered last Saturday in Apia allegedly by a fellow poet. According to local police Dr Caroline Sinavaiana-Gabbard, a retired professor from the University of Hawai’i Manoa, was found dead at the Galu Moana Theatre in Vaivase-Uta. The Samoa Observer ... <a title="Outpouring of grief following death of acclaimed Samoan poet and writer" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2024/06/03/outpouring-of-grief-following-death-of-acclaimed-samoan-poet-and-writer/" aria-label="Read more about Outpouring of grief following death of acclaimed Samoan poet and writer">Read more</a>
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April 29, 2024
By Mark Rabago, RNZ Pacific Commonwealth of the Northern Marianas correspondent The US Department of Justice is being urged to condemn and cease its reliance on the “Insular Cases” — a series of US Supreme Court opinions on US territories, which have been labelled racist. Senate Judiciary Committee chair Dick Durbin called them “a stain ... <a title="‘A stain on our country’: Criticism of ‘racist’ Supreme Court rulings" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2024/04/29/a-stain-on-our-country-criticism-of-racist-supreme-court-rulings/" aria-label="Read more about ‘A stain on our country’: Criticism of ‘racist’ Supreme Court rulings">Read more</a>
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March 4, 2024
A Pasifika health leader says high obesity rates in the Pacific are not new, but an increase in childhood obesity is concerning. A study on worldwide trends in underweight and obesity, just published in The Lancet medical journal showed that the highest rates of obesity for women were in Tonga and American Samoa, and Nauru ... <a title="Food industry, lack of exercise key to childhood obesity, says Sir Collin" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2024/03/04/food-industry-lack-of-exercise-key-to-childhood-obesity-says-sir-collin/" aria-label="Read more about Food industry, lack of exercise key to childhood obesity, says Sir Collin">Read more</a>
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April 23, 2023
RNZ Pacific Daycare centres have been shut down in American Samoa following confirmation of an eight-year-old girl with measles. The territory’s Department of Health (DOH) said samples from the child, who was seen at a community centre with symptoms on March 27, were sent for testing in California and returned positive. Day cares are now ... <a title="American Samoa confirms a case of measles – day care centres close" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2023/04/23/american-samoa-confirms-a-case-of-measles-day-care-centres-close/" aria-label="Read more about American Samoa confirms a case of measles – day care centres close">Read more</a>
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July 17, 2022
RNZ Pacific A state of emergency has been declared in American Samoa because of severe weather conditions resulting in damage to roads, infrastructure, property, and coastal villages. American Samoa Governor Lemanu Peleti Mauga declared the state of emergency after homes, the school and church on Aunu’u island were swamped by huge waves, the building housing ... <a title="American Samoa declares state of emergency over severe storms" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2022/07/17/american-samoa-declares-state-of-emergency-over-severe-storms/" aria-label="Read more about American Samoa declares state of emergency over severe storms">Read more</a>
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March 30, 2022
RNZ Pacific A snapshot of how the covid-19 pandemic is impacting on Pacific nations and territories today: Second Covid-19 death in American Samoa American Samoa has recorded its second covid-19 related death. The death was of a woman in her mid-50s, who also had pre-existing health conditions. Over the weekend, 265 cases were recorded, bringing ... <a title="Covid trends around the Pacific – deaths, lockdown and easing rules" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2022/03/30/covid-trends-around-the-pacific-deaths-lockdown-and-easing-rules/" aria-label="Read more about Covid trends around the Pacific – deaths, lockdown and easing rules">Read more</a>
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November 4, 2020
ANALYSIS: By Jennifer S. Hunt, Australian National University It has been billed as the most significant US election in generations, and with nearly 100 million votes already cast, it is well underway. An estimated 50 million more votes are expected on the last day of in-person voting on Tuesday (Wednesday NZ time), with mail-in ballots ... <a title="With US D-day, the outcome won’t be simply a matter of political will" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2020/11/04/with-us-d-day-the-outcome-wont-be-simply-a-matter-of-political-will/" aria-label="Read more about With US D-day, the outcome won’t be simply a matter of political will">Read more</a>
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November 3, 2020
ANALYSIS: By Jennifer S. Hunt, Australian National University It has been billed as the most significant US election in generations, and with nearly 100 million votes already cast, it is well underway. An estimated 50 million more votes are expected on the last day of in-person voting on Tuesday (Wednesday NZ time), with mail-in ballots ... <a title="As US E-day nears, the outcome won’t be simply a matter of political will" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2020/11/03/as-us-e-day-nears-the-outcome-wont-be-simply-a-matter-of-political-will/" aria-label="Read more about As US E-day nears, the outcome won’t be simply a matter of political will">Read more</a>
