Economy

215 Graduate from USP Solomon Islands Campus in Honiara

The University of the South Pacific conferred certificates, diplomas, bachelor's and master's degrees on 215 students at a ceremony at Friendship Hall in Honiara on 25 September.

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Graduates at the USP Solomon Islands Campus graduation ceremony in Honiara. Source: USP

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.

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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.

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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.

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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

USP Pro-Chancellor and Chair of Council and Interim Management Group Siosiua Utoikamanu delivers the graduation address at the USP Solomon Islands Campus graduation at Friendship Hall in Honiara.

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 Economy

Solomon Islands moves above Pacific life expectancy average, economists write

Average life expectancy in Pacific Island countries has risen to 68.8 years from 52.7 in 1960, and Solomon Islands has moved from below the regional average to above it, Albert Prabhakar Gudapati and Stephen Howes wrote.

25 Sep 2026

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