Honourable mention: The Fijiana Sevens team

Fiji’s Women’s National Sevens team, the Fijiana, brought joy to a COVID-ravaged nation this year with their bronze-medal performance at the Olympic Games. They have gone on to finish the season strongly, with

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What comes next in New Caledonia?

By Nic Maclellan New Caledonia’s third referendum on self-determination under the Noumea Accord has returned an overwhelming majority against independence: 96.5% of people who went to the polls voted No to

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Financial concerns linger over 2023 Pacific Games

By Dionisia Tabureguci The 2023 Pacific Games is on track for its November 2023 opening despite the costly aftermath of the riots in Solomon Islands. However concerns have been raised about the added pressure it now

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Opinion remains divided on PIPA opening

By Bernadette Carreon Kiribati’s decision to open the Phoenix Islands Protected Area to commercial fishing is their “business” says Parties to the Nauru Agreement ( PNA) CEO, Dr Sangaalofa Clark. PIPA has been a

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FNPF zeroes in on zero balances

By Dionisia Tabureguci Over 50,000 Fiji National Provident Fund (FNPF) member accounts will scrutinised and reclassified as work gets under way to address the large number of 'zero balances' amongst members.  'Zero

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Vanuatu students learn to farm and save

By Len Garae Vanuatu’s government would like to see all Agriculture Farming Rural Training Centres copy the approach of NAPIL Farming Rural Training Centre, a rural community agriculture school where it is compulsory

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Post-COP26 at the micro level

By Kaliopate Tavola My last article on COP26 expressed the hope that the pessimism of the members of my informal talanoa group would be proven wrong by the results of COP26 held in Glasgow from 31 October to 12

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Cancelled WTO talks give Pacific members time out

By Samisoni Pareti For Pacific island members of the World Trade Organisation, the cancellation of the WTO’s 12th Ministerial Conference in late November due to the spread of the Omicron variant was God-sent. Given

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Fisheries commission adopts tropical tuna measure

By Bernadette Carreon Dr Sagaalofa Clark Rupert Howes Dr Manu Tupou-Roosen Glen Holmes The Western and Central Pacific Fisheries Commission (WCPFC) has adopted a  revised tropical tuna measure to keep the stocks of

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Kavita Kalyan’s musical journey

By Rowena Singh “Fiji is a strong part of my existence,” says ghazal and Bollywood singer Kavita Kalyan. Kalyan is Australian born, but with strong family ties that take her back to Fiji, and her extended family in

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Movers and Shakers

Christina Lasaqa is the new chief executive officer of Solomon Telekom. Hailing from Gwou’ulu, Lau lagoon, Malaita, Lasaqa is the company’s first ever local female CEO. She has been with Solomon Telekom since 2002

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Islands Business January 2022 edition

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