#American Sāmoa

Toastmasters District 49 has earned the prestigious Smedley Distinguished District designation for the 2025–2026 Toastmasters year, the highest level of recognition presented under Toastmasters International’s District Recognition Program. The Smedley Distinguished District award recognizes districts that achieve outstanding performance in membership growth, club growth, club quality and leadership development while meeting or exceeding rigorous international […]

The Polynesian Voyaging Society is altering the next phase of their Moananuiākea voyage in response to an intensifying El Niño pattern in the Pacific, announcing plans to depart Aotearoa in August 2026.

Hōkūleʻa and Hikianalia will sail directly from Rarotonga, Cook Islands to Aotearoa (New Zealand), and postpone visits to American Samoa, Samoa and Tonga.

An eight month-long exploration of unsurveyed seafloors across the Eastern, Central and Western Pacific, from Hawaiʻi to Canada, will bring views of never-before-seen seafloor to the world this year.

Researchers from Archipelago Research and Conservation, in collaboration with several organizations, have discovered four active burrows of the rare Tahiti Petrel on Tutuila, American Sāmoa.