Up To Nine Tropical Cycones Forecast For Pacific This Season

Article – RNZ The official cyclone season for the region runs from November to April. Susana Suisuiki, Pacific Waves presenter Meteorologists are predicting five to nine cyclones for the southwest Pacific in the coming season. The official cyclone...

Which countries have never qualified for World Cup?

A place at the World Cup is the high point of an international career but the dream remains unfulfilled for hundreds of national teams ahead of the 2026 competition in USA, Canada, and Mexico. Continental qualification requires national sides to...

Upto to nine tropical cycones forecast for Pacific this season

The official cyclone season for the region runs from November to April. Photo: The Solomon Islands Meteorological Service Meteorologists are predicting five to nine cyclones for the southwest Pacific in the coming season. The official cyclone...

Fears domestic Vanuatu politics could foil important security pact with Australia

Anxieties are growing in Canberra that a landmark security agreement between Australia and Vanuatu could stall in the Pacific nation’s parliament, with Prime Minister Ishmael Kalsakau facing increasing political blowback after signing the pact...

Pasifika Sipoti in brief for 13 October

Manu Samoa team bows in prayer after their 31-12 loss to Chile on Sunday morning. Photo: Supplied/Manu Samoa Rugby Manu Samoa has missed out on playing Italy in a rugby international clash on 22 November. The Samoans were originally billed to meet...

Pacific news in brief for 13 October

Charles Wea Photo: RNZ Pacific / Kelvin Anthony New Caledonia - decolonisation The former New Caledonia president's pro-independence party PALIKA has told the United Nations decolonisation committee that peaceful decolonization of the French...

Vanuatu runs tender for supply, installation of solar systems

A tender is open in Vanuatu to deliver eight solar water pump systems and 24 standalone solar PV systems. The deadline to submit expressions of interest is October 27. October 9, 2025 Patrick Jowett Image: Seiji Seiji/Unsplash The Global Green...

Lae and Port Moresby to host 4th MSG Prime Ministers Football Cup

MSG Secretariat Director General Leonard Louma addressing the media (NBC News: Isaac Liri) The fourth edition of the Melanesian Spearhead Group Prime Ministers Football Cup will be hosted in Lae and Port Moresby in November. The draws released...

Vanuatu Kava exports reached VT5.3B last year

Vanuatu generated VT5.3 billion(US$43,523,273) in kava exports last year, a rise from VT4 billion(US$32,851,501) in 2023, and VT3.3 billion(US$27,099,924) in 2022. Kava has been the leading agricultural export since 2016. In 2024, kava made up...

Vanuatu Basketball Fuelled by Heart and Hardship

PORT VILA (Vanuatu) – The Vanuatu men’s basketball team enters the 2025 FIBA Melanesian Cup ready to prove they belong on top. Being away from the competition has only made this team hungrier to face their opponents on the court. Vanuatu Men’s...

Vanuatu leads Pacific ocean protection as expedition sets sail

The National Geographic Pristine Seas (NGPS) team is leading a month-long expedition across Vanuatu’s waters, which aims to combine deep sea science with community knowledge to update the nation’s marine spatial plan. The project follows an...

 Masae named captain for FIBA Melanesian Cup 2025

Alex Masae has been named captain of the Solomon Islands Men’s National Basketball Team for the upcoming FIBA Melanesian Cup 2025, which tips off on Monday, October 13, in Honiara. Head coach Michael Nao confirmed the appointment during the team’s...

UN resolution on Climate Change rapporteur a boost for Pacific-SG Puna

Pacific Islands Forum Secretary General Henry Puna has welcomed the latest UN Human Rights Council vote for a UN Special Rapporteur on Human Rights and Climate Change. The 48th session of the Council was held in hybrid mode, combining virtual...

Australia's Matthew Hauser wins world triathlon title in Wollongong final

Australia's Matthew Hauser has won the men's World Triathlon Championship Series in Wollongong, ending a 15-year drought for Australia. Two-time Olympian Hauser never relented across Sunday's 1.5-kilometre swim, 40km cycle, and 10km run event,...

Teachers and their unions use innovative and empowering approaches to ensure the right to education for girls in all their diversity

On the International Day of the Girl Child and every day, educators around the world are fully committed to advancing girls’ rights through education. “Access to quality education for girls in all their diversity is a fundamental right and an...

Vanuatu Ready to Make FIBA Women's Melanesian Cup Debut

PORT VILA (Vanuatu) – The Vanuatu women's team will debut at the 2025 FIBA Women's Melanesian Cup next week, and they’re proud to step into the spotlight and represent their home nation. They’re the unknown team, the team that no one can...

Pacific officials criticise New Zealand's weaker methane targets

The New Zealand government announced on 12 October that it would be cutting biogenic methane reduction targets to 14-24 percent below 2017 levels by 2050. Photo: Gianina Schwanecke / Country Life Pacific climate leaders have expressed disappointed...

Vanuatu Hosts First-Ever Hague Academy Session in the Pacific

For the first time, the prestigious Hague Academy of International Law has brought its External Programme to the Pacific, with Vanuatu hosting the 46th session at the National University of Vanuatu (NUV). The week-long event welcome co-organised...

Guam lawyer shares global honor for historic climate justice victory

A CHamoru human rights lawyer from Guam and a youth-led Pacific organization are receiving one of the world's most prestigious awards for driving a grassroots campaign that secured a landmark ruling on climate change from the International Court...

Chinese FM spokesperson addresses question regarding Vanuatu reportedly seeking policing agreement with China, stresses co-op based on mutual respect

Guo Jiakun When responding to a question regarding report that Vanuatu's Minister of Internal Affairs Andrew Napuat stating that Vanuatu is seeking a formal policing and security agreement with China, Chinese Foreign Ministry spokesperson Guo...