Regional

Pacific advocates press for women's voice in water decisions before COP31

Research by WaterAid and the University of Technology Sydney found Pacific activists rank the exclusion of women from water and climate decision-making as the root cause of other gendered climate impacts.

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Angela, 19, fishes near her coastal community in East Sepik, Papua New Guinea Source: WaterAid/Tariq Hawari

Australia Backs Phone Repair Training for Deaf Solomon Islanders

Australia has partnered with Honiara business Smart Technology to train 10 hearing-impaired Solomon Islanders in mobile phone repair, with participants to receive tools, mentoring and support at the end.

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Veronika Kanem in graduation regalia and headdress on 24 September

Culture and Arts

West Papuan researcher graduates with doctorate on Muyu noken string bags

Dr Veronika Triariyani Kanem, from the Muyu region of South Papua in West Papua, graduated with a PhD from the University of Auckland on 24 September for research on the cultural and environmental significance of noken string bags.

Yesterday

Meleana Payn after graduating from Waipapa Taumata Rau, University of Auckland.

Regional

Tongan graduate first Pasifika student to finish Auckland commerce and sport conjoint

Meleana Payn is the first Pasifika student to graduate with a conjoint Bachelor of Commerce and Bachelor of Sport, Health and Physical Education at Waipapa Taumata Rau, University of Auckland, the university said.

Yesterday

Selina Tusitala Marsh, centre, at a workshop in Tuvalu with a copy of her book Mophead

Culture and Arts

Commonwealth Poet Laureate Selina Tusitala Marsh visits Tuvalu for first time

Professor Selina Tusitala Marsh, the first Commonwealth Poet Laureate, made her first visit to Tuvalu in August, running creative writing workshops in Funafuti after weather postponed the country's first Cultural Festival.

27 Sep 2026

Regional

Tuvalu and Ireland outline plans for 2027 fossil fuel transition conference

Tuvalu and Ireland set out their vision for the Second Conference on Transitioning Away from Fossil Fuels, to be co-hosted in Tuvalu in 2027, at a side event of the UN General Assembly in New York on 25 September.

26 Sep 2026

Royal Solomon Islands Police Force officers with certificates alongside U.S. Marines and officials at the new EOD facility at Hell's Point.

Politics

US Marines hand over UXO training classroom to police at Hell's Point

The U.S. Embassy said a classroom provided by the U.S. Marine Corps Forces Pacific's Humanitarian Mine Action programme has been handed to the Royal Solomon Islands Police Force at Hell's Point for demining and EOD training.

26 Sep 2026

Economy

USP Pro-Chancellor tells Honiara graduates they are regionalism in action

Speaking at the USP Solomon Islands Graduation Ceremony at Friendship Hall on 25 September, Pro-Chancellor Siosiua Utoikamanu said graduates carry the next chapter of Pacific regionalism.

25 Sep 2026 Sports

Coaches and Umpires Trained in Sports First Aid

Coaches and officials in Solomon Islands have completed first aid and sports trainer training delivered by St John Ambulance Solomon Islands and an Australian Defence Force accredited trainer, the Australian High Commission said.

25 Sep 2026

Culture & Arts