King Charles III sipped from a polished half-coconut filled with a narcotic kava brew today in a traditional ceremony before a line of bare-chested Samoans. Wearing a white safari-style suit, the ...

The launch of the Samoa kava Standard and kava Regulation marks a new beginning in the country’s efforts to improve the quality of kava. Launched on Friday, 25 May 2018, the standard and regulation ...

King Charles III took part in a traditional kava-drinking ceremony before a line of bare-chested, heavily tattooed Samoans and was declared a "high chief" of the one-time Pacific island colony ...

Auckland bus attack leaves one dead, America's Cup future in Barcelona uncertain, and NZ PM discusses a royal visit with King Charles. King Charles III took part in a traditional kava-drinking ...

King Charles sipped on kava on his visit to Samoa this week while an Australian politician paid a high price for downing too much in Micronesia Kava, the traditional Pacific drink, was served to King ...

King Charles has taken part in a traditional ritual in Samoa, drinking kava, the potent brew which sent former deputy PM Michael McCormack to hospital in 2022. Wearing a white safari-style suit, the ...

Wearing a white safari-style suit, the 75-year-old king sat at the head of a carved timber longhouse where he was presented with a polished half-coconut filled with a mildly narcotic kava brew. King ...