The 70-year-old arrived on the same flight to Apia as the country’s first suspected case.
Immigration Minister Kris Faafoi told Breakfast today the Government was careful not to create a logjam at MIQ facilities ahead of Christmas.
The border exemption will see workers arrive early next year, the Government announced this morning.
Over 150 workers from the Solomon Islands, Tonga and Vanuatu are urgently needed to help pick tomato crop in NSW.
The man arrived in the Pacific nation earlier this month on a repatriation flight from New Zealand.
The Hurricanes star says next month's match will be about giving back to the communities who helped him get to where he is.
Umaga named the first squad for the Pacific franchise which is set to join Super Rugby in 2022.
The 26-man squad coached by Fa'alogo Tana Umaga contains players from Samoa, Tonga and Fiji who play both in New Zealand and abroad.
Dennis Tommy has been named airman of the year by the Air Force.
Louena Tupa has been stuck in Japan without her two young children for nine months.
Aaron ‘Toa’ Henare says wrestling has saved his life.
With Labour’s large Pacific caucus, one Minister says there's pressure to deliver.
Ardern said all APEC leaders will be focused on having a plan for the health response to the pandemic and driving the economic recovery.
It is produced and narrated by former Samoa international representative Dan Leo.
Rawiri Jansen says the disease affecting Māori and Pasifika communities is an epidemic.
Welcome to our weekly wrap of news from the Pacific region.
A sailor who had flown from NZ on a repatriation flight on November 13, last night tested positive for coronavirus.
The Pacific nation had been one of few to have escaped a positive case of the virus.
Just three people in the 32-strong touring party are yet to be infected.
Dame Winnie said she was humbled by the award and paid tribute to every woman who works "tirelessly for the wellbeing of our peoples".
A report says the supposedly temporary move was agreed to because of abuse against members of government including the PM.
1 NEWS understands two of the passengers had been to AUT in central Auckland where a woman with the coronarvirus had visited.
The case has been hanging over the family since the girl was told she was unlawfully in the country in 2016.
An adviser said Trump regretted he was unable to attend the online summit, the third year in a row he’s missed it.
While reluctant to put a time frame on it, this week Prime Minister Jacinda Ardern said a bubble could be in place a couple of weeks after officials have given the green light.
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The infected man travelled from the US and passed through Auckland on the way.
Samoa has strict measures in place after last year's measles epidemic.
It may be stronger on Hong Kong and the Uighurs, says Neta Crawford.
Cook Islands Prime Minister Mark Brown said as he watched the polls unfold that he admired Biden's patience.