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...

Mangrove species from Timor-Leste to make Singapore debut in Bay East Garden from 2027

DILI, Timor Leste - When Bay East Garden at Gardens by the Bay opens in 2027, around a tenth of the estimated 100 mangrove plants in its 5,148 sq m wetland habitat could come from Timor-Leste and be planted in their new home by members of the...

World record broken in 'intense' eight-hour shearing marathon

A world record for sheep shearing has been set in southern New South Wales by a team of five shearers. Their tally of 2,301 merino lambs is the first official record in the five-stand, eight-hour category. The team included Kiwi shearers Cameron...

TV guide: Where and how to watch the AUSvIND white-ball series

Australia: Foxtel and Kayo Sports India plus Afghanistan, Bangladesh, Bhutan, Maldives, Nepal, Pakistan and Sri Lanka: JioStar (formerly Disney Star) United Kingdom and the Republic of Ireland: TNT Sports New Zealand: Sky NZ Cook Islands, Fiji,...

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...

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...

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...

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...

 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...

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...

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 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...

Over a dozen universities are using AI to catch AI — and getting it wrong

It was nearing the end of semester and results had just been released for final law assessments. "Mary", a pseudonym to protect her identity as a student, sat at her computer, refreshing the browser, wondering why her grades would not load. An...

Police investigating machete attack outside Luna Park

Three teenagers have been injured in an attack involving a machete outside Luna Park in the Melbourne bayside suburb of St Kilda. Victoria Police said the attack followed a verbal altercation between two groups of men inside the theme park at...