Back to the future
WHEN the traditional Polynesian voyaging canoe, Hokule’a, completed the first round-the-world trip by such a vessel, ocean explorers and advocates across the Pacific celebrated more than just its homecoming to Hawaii
2017 July
Carbon reduction in the sky lanes
CORSIA maps the future THE aviation sector has a strong track record for climate action. Historically, efficiency improvements in the aviation sector outperform the wider economy: since 1990, aviation efficiency has
Samoa clips Virgin wings
Is Polynesian set for comeback? AN unhappy Samoa Government has signalled an end to its aviation agreement with Virgin Australia from November, opening opportunities for regional and international airlines to fly into
Tonga eyes Apia route
Talks start on flight options THE withdrawal of Samoa from a joint venture with Virgin Australia has sent regional airlines into a frenzy. In June, Real Tonga’s Deputy CEO, Fakatele Faletau, flew into Samoa to look at
A question of identity
Implications of the draft Rotuma Bills OPPOSITION to the draft Rotuma Bills was not to detract the question of unity but it was a matter of identity, explained the adviser to the Council of Rotuma, Dr John Fatiaki in an
Whales – starvation or not?
WHALES are likely starving and entering dangerously shallow water in a desperate search for food. Whales are not immune to starvation. The 650-plus pilot whales beached at Farewell Spit, New Zealand, provide ‘canary
A Race for charity
FOR the first time, Asco Motors will be participating in the Frank Hilton Charity Wheelbarrow Race, scheduled for Saturday 29th July this year at Albert Park. There has been a lot of hype and activity and expectation
Corporates show softer side
ON July 29 it will be out of the corporate boardroom, off the factory floor and off to Albert Park in Fiji’s capital – Suva. Managers, board members and staff will get behind wheelbarrows in a push for charity
What can the 2030 What can the 2030 Agenda offer the Pacific?
A CONFERENCE being held in New York in June may seem to be of little interest to those in canoes or on beaches in the Pacific. “What’s this to do with me?” government officials, community leaders and fishers may
