2025 in Samoa

Events in the year 2025 in Samoa.

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Decades:	2000s 2010s 2020s
See also:	Other events of 2025 Timeline of Samoan history

Incumbents

• O le Ao o le Malo: Tuimalealiʻifano Vaʻaletoʻa Sualauvi II
• Prime Minister: Fiamē Naomi Mataʻafa

Events

January

• 6 January – Mahonri Schwalger resigns as coach of the Samoa national rugby union team following allegations of sexual misconduct.^[1]
• 10 January – Laauli Leuatea Schmidt is dismissed as agriculture and fisheries minister following allegations of misconduct.^[2]
• 14 January – Prime Minister Fiamē Naomi Mataʻafa dismisses Women, Community and Social Development minister Mulipola Anarosa Ale-Molio'o, Communication and Information Technology minister Toelupe Poumulinuku Onesemo and Commerce, Industry, and Labor minister Leota Laki Sio amid a dispute within her FAST Party.^[3]
• 23 January – Samoa and China sign a new visa exemption agreement.^[4]
• 29 January – Authorities seize 10 kilograms of crystal methamphetamine from a shipping container that arrived from the United States and arrest three people in what is reported as the "largest known drug smuggling operation" in the country.^[5]

February

• 8 February – Miss Samoa's Litara Ieremia Allan wins the 2025 Miss Pacific Islands pageant in the Solomon Islands.^[6]
• 12 February – The Samoan Government lifts a "precautionary zone" around the wreckage of HMNZS Manawanui following testing by the Scientific Research Organisation of Samoa (SROS). However, a 2 km prohibition zone around the sunken ship remains in force.^[7]

May

• 27 May – The government of Prime Minister Fiamē Naomi Mataʻafa collapses after its budget is voted down by parliament.^[8]

August

• 15 August — The Government announces changes to the school calendar after a dengue outbreak delays the opening of schools nationwide.^[9]
• 29 August – 2025 Samoan general election.^[10]

Holidays

Further information: Public holidays in Samoa

Source:^[11][12]

• 1 January – New Year's Day
• 30 March – Ramadan
• 18 April – Good Friday
• 19 April – Easter Saturday
• 21 April – Easter Monday
• 12 May – Mother's Day holiday
• 1 June – Independence Day
• 11 August – Father's Day holiday
• 13 October – Lotu a Tamaiti/Children's Service holiday
• 25 December – Christmas Day
• 26 December – Boxing Day

References

1. "Samoa coach stands down after sexual misconduct charges". France 24. 6 January 2025. Retrieved 6 January 2025.
2. "PM terminates Samoa MP at centre of police charges". Radio New Zealand. 10 January 2025. Retrieved 11 January 2025.
3. "More Cabinet Ministers removed in Samoa political saga". Radio New Zealand. 14 January 2025. Retrieved 14 January 2025.
4. "Samoa and China sign new visa exemption agreement". Radio New Zealand. 27 January 2025. Retrieved 27 January 2025.
5. "Samoa seeks NZ support for more K9 after seizing 10kg of meth". Radio New Zealand. 31 January 2025. Retrieved 31 January 2025.
6. "Samoa's Litara Ieremia Allan crowned 2025 Miss Pacific Islands charges". Radio New Zealand. 10 February 2025. Retrieved 11 February 2025.
7. "Samoa govt removes precautionary zone around Manawanui disaster site". Radio New Zealand. 12 February 2025. Archived from the original on 12 February 2025. Retrieved 12 February 2025.
8. Tinetali-Fiavaai, Grace (6 June 2025). "Explainer: The saga of Samoa's state affairs and what comes next". Radio New Zealand. Archived from the original on 6 June 2025. Retrieved 7 June 2025.
9. Persico, Christina (15 August 2025). "School calendar set to change in Samoa as schools closed for another week". Radio New Zealand. Archived from the original on 16 August 2025. Retrieved 16 August 2025.
10. Graham-McLay, Charlotte (29 August 2025). "Samoa votes in an election that will decide the fate of its first woman leader". AP News. Retrieved 30 August 2025.
11. "Samoa Public Holidays 2025". Public Holidays Global. Retrieved 25 October 2024.
12. "Public Holidays Act 2008". PACLII. 25 January 2008. Retrieved 7 December 2023.

External links

• Online calendar