Solomon Islands to build humanitarian warehouse in Malaita

The Solomon Islands will soon establish a provincial humanitarian warehouse in Auki, Malaita Province, as part of a regional effort to boost disaster preparedness across the Pacific. The project is part of the Pacific Humanitarian Warehousing...

Ray O’Leary on comedy, travel and preparing for the Best Christmas Comedy Show

What’s been going on in your life recently? I have begun writing next year’s show, and I try to draw from real life. Unfortunately, my life has been very dull, so I’ve begun trying to draw from other people’s conversations I overhear on the bus or...

At 55, I finally gave in and tried Botox. Three days later, I developed a humiliating side effect doctors don't warn you about

I was looking in the mirror to check that my mascara hadn't given me a third eyebrow when I noticed it. A deep line had formed on the left side of my forehead. Nothing on the right. 'Great,' I thought. 'Now my ageing isn't even symmetrical.' I...

Pacific Tourism Organisation and Cook Islands Tourism Corporation Release Comprehensive Insights from International Visitor Surveys

The Pacific Tourism Organisation (SPTO), through its Pacific Tourism Data Initiative (PTDI) and in collaboration with the Cook Islands Tourism Corporation (CIT), has released a series of five comprehensive reports detailing findings from the...

The Pacific Islands Challenge

As the strategic rivalry between China and the United States intensifies across the Indo-Pacific, the Taiwan Strait is often seen as the key flash point. Yet whether the regional balance holds or tips into conflict will also be shaped by choices...

Fair Recruitment Key to Sustainable Reintegration – Says Prime Minister Manele at PLMAM 2025 Opening

HONIARA, Solomon Islands – The Pacific Labour Mobility Annual Meeting (PLMAM) 2025 officially opened this morning in Honiara, Solomon Islands, bringing together Pacific labour mobility stakeholders from across the Pacific and beyond under the...

Pacific island countries turn to gold in search of economic sovereignty

As record gold prices and shifting global reserves drive countries to diversify away from traditional currencies like the US dollar, some Pacific nations are joining the modern gold rush. With gold breaking through the US$4000 (NZ$7000) mark per...

VANUATU CHURCH OF CHRIST MISSION TEAM RETURNS AFTER HONIARA TOUR

A Vanuatu Church of Christ Mission team left Honiara on Saturday, November 1st 2025 after successfully completed a two-week mission outreach program in Malango and Suta Associations, Central Guadalcanal. The team’s departure was attended by SSEC...

Dare to be better – a timely call to action ahead of COP30

Introduction by Croakey: As world leaders meet in Brazil this week (6 and 7 November) ahead of the COP30 UN climate negotiations, Indigenous and climate health leaders have urged the Australian Government to ensure an authentic COP31 comes to the...

Tankers Are the Biggest Part of the Global Sanctioned Fleet

As expected, tankers command the largest share of the global sanctioned fleet. In its latest weekly report, shipbroker Xclusiv said that “the global sanctioned fleet now totals 1,387 vessels, dominated by 1,004 tankers — a striking 72% of the...

Pacific nations call for fair recruitment to make Labour Mobility work for everyone

Labour mobility experts, worker groups, and governments from across the Pacific are in Honiara this week for the Pacific Labour Mobility Annual Meeting 2025 (PLMAM 2025). The meeting, from 3 to 6 November, is being hosted under the theme...

This Thai Beach Was Named the Most 'Paradise-like' in Asia—With Travelers Saying It Feels Like 'Thailand 20 Years Ago'

Your next vacation shouldn't just be to any old beach. It should be a certified paradise. And the family travel specialists at Kuoni know exactly where you need to go. Over the summer, the team at Kuoni released its list of the 20 most...

ICJ Advisory Opinion and Implications for COP30

An online briefing held at 1 pm Vanuatu time on Wednesday 29 October explored the landmark International Court of Justice Advisory Opinion on states’ obligations regarding climate change, and its significance for accountability, ambition, and...

Good ideas but lack of partnership

BY LORETTA B MANELE Prof Paresh Narayan, of Monash University and APAEA (Asia-Pacific Applied Economics Association) says the problem they face in developing countries is having good ideas but not implementing them simply because they they are not...

Pacific Labour Mobility annual meeting in Honiara

HONIARA – Labour mobility stakeholders from across the Pacific and beyond will gather in Honiara from 3-6 November 2025 for the Pacific Labour Mobility Annual Meeting (PLMAM) 2025, hosted under the theme “Sustainable Reintegration Begins with Fair...

Vanuatu gov't backs Air Vanuatu's $8.2mn loan repayment

The Vanuatu government has signed a guarantee agreement with the Vanuatu National Provident Fund (VNPF) concerning the resumption of repayments of the VUV1 billion vatu (USD8.2 million) loan of Air Vanuatu (NF, Port Vila) from the country's social...

Pacific news in brief for 3 November

Photo: 123rf.com American Samoa The Department of Health says the total number of dengue cases in the territory have passed 300. But it said most cases have recovered. It has also noted an increase in community transmission of respiratory...

ASFF putting together a women’s national team ahead of OSC World Cup

Pago Pago, AMERICAN SAMOA — The American Samoa Football Federation (ASFF) is assembling a revitalized national women’s team ahead of the Oceania Football Confederation (OFC) Women’s World Cup Qualifier, scheduled to kick off on November 28, 2025...

Prehistoric-looking creature seen at bottom of sunken crater in Pacific Ocean

Researchers in Vanuatu used remote underwater cameras to capture astounding footage of a medley of deep-sea creatures – including nautiluses, a sixgill stingray a gulper shark and a duck-billed eel – hundreds of metres below the surface. The...

Pacific Islands News Roundup – October 24 – 30, 2025

Political Leadership and Regionalism, Peace and Security ‘Real Action’: Pacific voices growing louder over West Papua’s escalating crisis (PMN) China backs Fiji’s Ocean of Peace vision (Fiji Sun) Cook Islanders confront US-funded vessel over...