Fully funded internship awaits Pacific youth

A new internship programme is providing Pasifika youth in Aotearoa with the chance to participate in a fully funded, nine-week experience in Thailand, focusing on Science, Technology, Engineering, and Mathematics (STEM) learning and cultural...

Why loss and damage matter in the Pacific

For many Pacific Island nations, climate change isn’t a distant threat or an abstract statistic – it’s an everyday reality reshaping homes, traditions, and futures. Rising sea levels, coastal erosion, increasing temperatures and severe weather...

Student-led effort makes legal history in efforts to reshape global policy: 'It's a pretty grim thing to have to do'

"What I was pouring into my assignments was my own worries about the implications … on me as a person." by Drew JonesOctober 6, 2025 A group of law students at the University of the South Pacific (USP) has turned rising tides and failing climate...

Rugby’s links to MND and what is being done about it

Motor neurone disease does not discriminate in the one in 300 people it strikes but it has done a horrific job in singling out some of the finest and bravest rugby players of their generation from Doddie Weir, Joost van der Westhuizen, Rob Burrow,...

Medusa ransomware used during exploitation of GoAnywhere file transfer bug, Microsoft says

Cybercriminals are using the Medusa ransomware strain during exploitation of a vulnerability in a popular file transfer tool recently highlighted by federal cybersecurity officials. Microsoft published a report on Monday analyzing exploitation...

Locals in the NFL: Rashid Shaheed's 1st TD, Devin Lloyd's pick-6 highlights Week 5

AROUND THE SHIELD — Rashid Shaheed saw the one-on-one coverage against a safety, sold a fake across the field, and then broke free into the open field before connecting with Saints quarterback Spencer Rattler on an 87-yard touchdown. The rest —...

Signs of life return near the Hunga sunken volcano

Marine life is faintly resurging around the seafloor destroyed by Tonga’s 2022 Hunga eruption. It has been more than three and a half years since the explosive eruption of the Hunga Tonga-Hunga Ha‘apai underwater volcano battered Tonga’s sea floor...

VOLCANO WATCH: Volcano, Earthquake Monitoring In American Samoa

(BIVN) – From this week’s Volcano Watch article, written by U.S. Geological Survey Hawaiian Volcano Observatory scientists and affiliates: American Samoa is a United States territory which comprises the easternmost islands of a volcanic island...

The Hidden Leverage of Digital Chokepoints

EXPERT PERSPECTIVE — When we think about the arteries of global power, images of oil pipelines or shipping lanes often come to mind. They are visible, tangible, and easy to picture on a map. The digital world has its own arteries, equally vital...

Celebrating Fijian Language Week: Honouring identity, culture and connection

Macawa ni Vosa Vakaviti - Fijian Language Week - is a time to celebrate the richness of the island nation's culture and identity - a living taonga carried by generations and woven into the fabric of Aotearoa New Zealand. This year’s theme is ‘Na...

Bold promises as questions remain unanswered just three months from Australia’s under-16 social media ban

As Anthony Albanese talked up his impending social media ban for under-16s this week to world leaders in New York, Australia’s eSafety Commission boss was on the other side of the USA attempting to figure out if Silicon Valley tech giants would...

Rikishi stands on business; feels WWE treated Solo Sikoa terribly as US Champion

Solo Sikoa was the United States Champion for 62 days, which didn't sit well with WWE Hall of Famer Rikishi. The real-life member of The Bloodline expressed his dismay on the matter after breaking his month-long break from his Off The Top podcast....

Keeping the local in locally-led development

THE notion of “locally led development” should be reserved for leader-led development through local communities, civil society, churches, small businesses and indigenous non-governmental organisations (NGOs); something that pre-exists and endures...

Keeping Coastal Communities at the Heart of the Blue Economy

Image Source: Getty Images This is part of the essay series: Sagarmanthan Edit 2025. For coastal communities across the globe, the ocean is not only a source of income and food security–it is the foundation of their culture, identity, and way of...

Locals in the NFL: Rashid Shaheed's need for speed helps Saints snap winless skid

AROUND THE SHIELD — Rashid Shaheed saw the one-on-one coverage against a safety, sold a fake across the field, and then broke free into the open field before connecting with Saints quarterback Spencer Rattler on an 87-yard touchdown. The rest —...

Solo Sikoa's SmackDown promos are a waste of time, claims WWE veteran - "We've seen it a million times" (Exclusive)

Former WWE head writer Vince Russo spoke about Solo Sikoa's promo this week. The Street Champion appeared in a video package on SmackDown. The leader of MFT showed up once again in a vignette played during the show. Last week, he showered praise...

Laying the foundation: BYUH introduces construction and facilities management as a major

Ongoing construction at BYU–Hawaii in 2025 Photo by Haley Cowan Distinct from the structure of the engineering and architecture programs, construction and facilities management (CFM) is set to be an official major under the Faculty of Math &...

The rejection of Hamas may have consigned armed resistance to history

When US President Donald Trump staked his name on a 20-point plan to end the war in Gaza and chart a path towards a new Middle East, pledging to personally oversee its implementation, he didn’t do so on a whim. The drafting of the plan and its...

Fighting climate change takes more than data — it needs wonder, love and hope

Human Nature: Nine Ways to Feel About Our Changing Planet Kate Marvel Ecco (2025) The idea that rising carbon dioxide concentrations could warm the planet dates back to the mid-nineteenth century. Women’s rights campaigner and scientist Eunice...

Military looks to Papua New Guinea for alternative to Red Hill facility

The U.S. military is continuing to pursue its post-Red Hill refueling strategy in the Pacific with a new facility under construction in Papua New Guinea. Adm. Samuel Paparo, the commander of the Hawaii-­based U.S. Indo-Pacific Command, visited the...