Samoa

The Blitzboks, who led 19-7 at the break, ran in five tries against a hapless Samoan outfit.

The South Africans were superior in the contact situations and physically proved too strong for the islanders.

Aucklander Christopher Limu was walking down the road with his young cousins in his family's village of Falefa, east of Apia, on August 12 when he was struck by a car.

Our correspondent Autagavaia Tipi Autagavaia says the two escapees were found sleeping in an abandoned house at Afiamalu, outside of the capital Apia, after a resident informed the police.

One of the men, Lauititi Tualima, is facing criminal charges related to the alleged rape of an Australian woman a month ago.

Tualima, who had escaped from Tafaigata in April and was caught only a few weeks ago, is also suspected of assaulting a female worker at the Faleolo International airport tower.

The tournament is part of the United Nations 16 Days of Activism against Gender-based violence campaign, with 12 men's and six women's teams expected to compete.

The General Manager of Rugby in Samoa, Brian Hopley, says as a male-dominated sport they need to take a leadership role.

"I think its part of being socially responsible, and being probably the major sport in Samoa we feel that it's part of our duty to promote this aspect. It's also been a male-dominated sport here and we think it's important that we put that message out."

Our correspondent says the escapees were found sleeping in an abandoned house at Afiamalu, outside of the capital Apia, after a resident informed the police.

One of the men, Lauititi Tualima, is facing criminal charges related to the rape of an Australian woman a month ago.

Following the Pacific Leaders Gender Equality Declaration, the Prime Minister of Samoa spearheaded work on a quota for women in parliament. Samoa became the first Forum member country to legislate a temporary special measure of 10%. This will ensure that at least five seats in parliament are occupied by women following the 2016 elections.

What does it mean? 1.5 degrees is the carbon emissions limit that small island states are promoting as the only real target that will save island peoples from the effects of climate change.

Victoria University of Wellington's Language Learning Centre embarked on a mission to digitise a number of high quality Maori and Samoan cassette tapes from the 1980s and 90s.

The Rays of Sound project includes recordings of Samoan music composed over a 100 year period, and stories about making palusami and the gathering of the palolo.

The Language Learning Centre's senior administrator, Balint Koller, says they wanted to put the audio online so they can remain available for people to listen to in the future.

For the United Nations Development Programme (UNDP) office in Samoa, only one representative will be making the journey to COP21 this December. 

The teenager has been sentenced to 13-and-a-half years in jail for each of the charges, including rape and having sex with a girl under 12 years old.

In passing the sentence, the chief Justice, Patu Falefatu Sapolu, said the offending was serious and prolonged.