Celebrities: Death in September 2025

Dhimitër Anagnosti, 89, Albanian film director (The Return of the Dead Army, Përralle Nga e Kaluara) and politician, minister of culture (1992–1994) and MP (1991–1996). Jimmy Bone, 75, Scottish football player (Partick Thistle, St Mirren) and...

Pacific News In Brief For 14 October

Article – RNZ A round up of news from around the region, including a new mental health strategy in Tonga. Tonga – mental health Tonga’s health ministry has launched its long-awaited National Mental Health Strategy and Policy at Vaiola Hospital....

Celebrating Wāhinetanga: Qiane Matata-Sipu Launches My First Ikura / Taku Ikura Tuatahi

Press Release – Qiane Matata Sipu Illustrated by Isobel Joy Te Aho-White (Ngti Kahungunu, Ki Tahu) and translated into te reo Mori by Stacey Morrison (Ngi Tahu, Te Arawa), the book emphasises aroha, family support and ancestral wisdom....

'Festival for the people': Te Maeva Nui Aotearoa returns in full glory

Get ready Aotearoa, as the premier Cook Islands festival, Te Maeva Nui ō Aotearoa (TMNNZ), returns for 2025. The festival promises two days of vibrant performances from oire (villages) and communities from across the country, those famous Cook...

On Road to Belem, Pacific countries raise their voice on 1.5…

Pacific countries at the forefront of the climate crisis, described as a “ticking time bomb”, have vowed that their One Pacific Voice on keeping 1.5 alive, is heard loud and clear at the Thirtieth Conference of the Parties to the UN Framework...

Tanker Fight Against Baltic Undersea Cables Reached Its Anticlimactic Ending

Eagle S is suspected of consciously causing damage to an important power cable between Finland and Estonia. Image credit: Htm via Wikimedia (CC BY-SA 4.0) The 183-meter-long oil tanker Eagle S, suspected of belonging to the Russian shadow fleet,...

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...

A Pacific reflection on Women, Peace and Security

This year marks 25 years since the adoption of United Nations Security Council Resolution 1325 on Women, Peace and Security (WPS), a global commitment to elevate women’s voices in peacebuilding, conflict prevention and recovery. For the Pacific,...

Strategic Minerals and the False Promise of Seabed Mining

By Drake Long On April 29, a small seabed mining enterprise known as The Metals Company (TMC) formally submitted an application to NOAA to commence commercial-scale mining in an area of the ocean known as the Clarion-Clipperton Zone. This followed...

Iranian Oil Exports to China Come Under Renewed Pressure

Iranian oil exports to China, which over the previous three months averaged 1.52m bpd, fell to 1.4m bpd in September. From January to August, the average monthly figure was 1.45m bpd, so the figure for September shows a fall below this average,...

The European Union and the Pacific Community boost border security in Marshall Islands with advanced X-Ray technology

Photo: European Union Ambassador Barbara Plinkert and Marshall Islands Minister Anthony Muller, key handover of the Airport X-ray machine The Republic of Marshall Islands (RMI) has received a state-of-the-art X-ray machine to reinforce border...

Letters to the Editor | October 5, 2025

Ratu Asaeli’s pursuit! Ratu Asaeli Eden Uaniceva Vosavakadua, 23, whose inspirational story hit the People column (FT: 04/10), had an enriching, simple yet profound message for environmentalists, “Do not limit yourself to the four walls of your...

Who were the early settlers of Kiritimati Island? 

Our Islands Our People By Raque Bagnol Let’s take a trip to Kiritimati Island, also known as Christmas Island, the world's largest atoll. Kiritimati is one of the islands in Kiribati, located about 2,500 kilometers south of Hawaii. The first...

Fisherman urges people to eat species once known as 'garbage fish': 'One of the best tasting fish out there'

"The more that we eat, the better it is." by Veronica BoothSeptember 27, 2025 A few fishermen go diving in Hawai'i to catch and cook fish, but they're specifically targeting invasive species. Island Catch and Cook (@islandcatchandcook) posted the...

Mwawi returns to Australian club Waves

Malawi Queens shooter Mwawi Kumwenda-M’bwana will return to netball action in the 2026 season after signing for her former Australian club Peninsula Waves. Both Waves and Mwawi’s manager Hlupikile Chalamba have confirmed the lofty shooter will...

Anchors Away

Case dismissed! At Helsinki District Court, a pivotal trial involving three international seafarers has just ended. The three officers were in charge of the shadow tanker that struck at least five undersea cables in the Gulf of Finland in December...

The Difficulty of Bringing Criminal Cases for Submarine Cable Damage – the Eagle S Case

[co-author: Avi Marcus] A recent decision from a Finnish district court has cast light on the legal and operational challenges surrounding damage to submarine infrastructure, particularly in contested or sensitive maritime zones. The case...

Zelenskyy says he will nominate Trump for Nobel peace prize if he secures Ukraine ceasefire

Zelenskyy says he will nominate Trump for peace prize if he secures Ukraine ceasefireThe Ukrainian president, Volodymyr Zelenskyy, floated the idea of nominating the US president, Donald Trump, for the Nobel peace prize in a briefing to reporters,...

Finland’s trial of men charged over Baltic Sea cable damage hits choppy waters

The trial in Finland of three senior officers of the Eagle S, a Russian-linked oil tanker that damaged multiple cables in the Baltic Sea last December, has been halted due to a court challenging Finland’s jurisdiction over the case. On Thursday,...

Abercrombie & Kent Reveals 2027 Lineup of Private Jet Journeys

Abercrombie & Kent (A&K) has announced the 2027 collection of Private Jet Journeys. Following the success of A&K’s 2026 Private Jet collection, which is almost sold out, the luxury adventure travel company has unveiled the four itineraries being...