Since so many people saw the movie ... You can find it across the Pacific, but I believe it's most common in Samoa, Tonga, and Fiji. In Samoa, we call this siapo, and it holds a lot of ...

Siapo is the Samoan word for a fine cloth made from the bark of the Paper Mulberry tree. In Fiji, this linen-like barkcloth is called Masi, in Tonga it's Ngatu. Wherever it's made in the Pacific ...

In Samoa, in 2017 or 2015 ... The same outbreak occurred in Tonga and Fiji, and no extra people died. There were seven measles outbreaks in the 13 years prior to my arrival.

Research in Samoa and Tonga highlights an urgent need to improve mental health services in the Pacific, says University of Auckland Professor Sir Collin Tukuitonga. Surveys conducted in 2023 offer ...