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Air NZ, Qantas lag some rival airlines for on-time arrivals, Honolulu is best Oceania airport, Solomon Airlines pushes Auckland-Vanuatu route

Air NZ, Qantas lag some rival airlines for on-time arrivals, Honolulu is best Oceania airport, Solomon Airlines pushes Auckland-Vanuatu route

Data from Cirium showed Thai AirAsia had 87.71% on-time arrivals. Japan’s ANA and Philippine Airlines rounded out the region’s top three. Qantas, Singapore and Air New Zealand ranged from 78.96% to 78.61%. Kate Boyer, Air New Zealand airports...

Fletcher Construction worker killed at Port Vila wharf, Vanuatu

Fletcher Construction worker killed at Port Vila wharf, Vanuatu

A Fletcher Construction worker has been killed at a wharf in Vanuatu’s Port Vila. A Fletcher Building spokesman said: “We are saddened to confirm that an incident occurred yesterday at one of our projects in Vanuatu. Tragically, this incident has...

China eyeing PNG for emerging agriculture opportunities

China eyeing PNG for emerging agriculture opportunities

CHINESE delegation from Jiangsu Academy of Agricultural Science (JAAS) from Jiangsu province visited Papua New Guinea, to run a one-day workshop for public servants in the agriculture space. The team consisted of six professors covering topics on...

Pacific Islands focus: deep sea mining, reproductive injustice and a new breast screen campaign

Pacific Islands focus: deep sea mining, reproductive injustice and a new breast screen campaign

Introduction by Croakey: World leaders are calling for a moratorium on deep sea mining to prevent devastating and irreversible environmental harm. This week, governments are meeting in Jamaica at the 30th Session of the International Seabed...

Mapping for the future: MACBLUE led workshop upskills Vanuatu in seagrass and mangrove conservation

Mapping for the future: MACBLUE led workshop upskills Vanuatu in seagrass and mangrove conservation

The MACBLUE GIS workshop series concluded last week in Vanuatu, bringing together key stakeholders for a week-long event from June 23 to 27. Throughout the week, participants immersed themselves in hands-on training focused on the use of GIS and...

Fletcher Construction fatality reported in Vanuatu

Fletcher Construction fatality reported in Vanuatu

The immediate priority was to support the worker’s family and his colleagues. “The loss of a valued colleague is felt deeply across our entire organisation, and our thoughts and sympathies are with their loved ones.” The accident was reported by...

Vanuatu hails landmark climate ruling by Inter-American Court

Vanuatu has welcomed a historic ruling by the Inter-American Court of Human Rights (IACtHR), calling it a breakthrough in linking climate change with legal obligations to protect human rights. Ralph Regenvanu, Vanuatu’s Minister of Climate Change...

Vanuatu Tourism Launches ‘Adventure Passes’ Campaign To Lure Aussies To Pacific

Vanuatu Tourism Launches ‘Adventure Passes’ Campaign To Lure Aussies To Pacific

Vanuatu Tourism Office has this week unveiled ‘Adventure Passes’, a new consumer marketing campaign in Australia that promotes Vanuatu as the ultimate destination for adventure, nature and cultural exploration. Live from today through to 10...

Groundlink Energy’s vision for sustainable geothermal growth in Vanuatu

Groundlink Energy’s vision for sustainable geothermal growth in Vanuatu

Groundlink Energy's vision for sustainable geothermal growth in Vanuatu (inset photo: view of Emao Island taken at Takara 13 May 2025 by Groundlink Energy) Groundlink Energy is building on industry experience, existing geologic data, and...

Vanuatu Statement On Inter-American Court Advisory Opinion On The Climate Emergency And Human Rights

Vanuatu Statement On Inter-American Court Advisory Opinion On The Climate Emergency And Human Rights

Statement from Ralph Regenvanu, Minister of Climate Change Adaptation, Meteorology & Geo-Hazards, Energy, Environment and Disaster Management for the Republic of Vanuatu PORT VILA, VANUATU (4 July 2025) “The Government of the Republic of Vanuatu...

Balancing Adaptation and Mitigation: The Agricultural Sector under the UN Climate Change Regime

Balancing Adaptation and Mitigation: The Agricultural Sector under the UN Climate Change Regime

The climate change regime has been one focal point of international law over the past year, as the International Court of Justice (ICJ) has undertaken the task of addressing the questions presented as part of the advisory proceedings on climate...

US Deep Sea Mining order disrespects Pacific, say campaigners

US Deep Sea Mining order disrespects Pacific, say campaigners

President Donald Trump has signed a new executive order that supports deep sea mining in both United States and international waters. The move has upset environmental groups and Pacific leaders who say the order puts Pacific countries and their...

Vanuatu Arts in Global Museum Collections

Vanuatu Arts in Global Museum Collections

Located in the heart of the South Pacific Ocean, Vanuatu is situated east of New Guinea, northeast of New Caledonia, and south of the Solomon Islands. The archipelago is composed of four main islands surrounded by eighty smaller orbital isles. The...

Regional Pacific Workshop Strengthens Link Between Agriculture and Tourism

Regional Pacific Workshop Strengthens Link Between Agriculture and Tourism

UN Tourism, the Mountain Partnership Secretariat at the Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO) and the Pacific Tourism Organisation (SPTO), concluded a successful three-day Regional Workshop on Sustainable Gastronomy...

Pakistan Becomes First South Asian Country To Join Fossil Fuel Treaty Amid Domestic Energy Contradictions

Pakistan Becomes First South Asian Country To Join Fossil Fuel Treaty Amid Domestic Energy Contradictions

In a time of deepening planetary crisis, Pakistan is doing something few expected from a fossil‑fuel‑dependent developing country: it has become a vocal supporter of, and the first South Asian nation to formally join, the global movement for a...

Michaelia Cash urges Albanese to maintain ‘vital’ Pacific relations after Vanuatu dumped a key strategic pact

Michaelia Cash urges Albanese to maintain ‘vital’ Pacific relations after Vanuatu dumped a key strategic pact

Shadow Foreign Minister Michaelia Cash has urged the Albanese Government to maintain Australia’s “vitally important” Pacific relations after Vanuatu dumped a key strategic pact. Vanuatu Prime Minister Jotham Napat has refused to ratify the...

Q&A: Making a case for Vanuatu’s survival in the highest court

Q&A: Making a case for Vanuatu’s survival in the highest court

Arnold Kiel Loughman grew up on Tanna, the southern island of Vanuatu in the Pacific Ocean. Now, Loughman is the attorney general of his country, where he witnesses the devastation of frequent extreme weather events: land lost to the sea, dying...

Vanuatu Trade Commissioner strengthens development partnership with Mafi Traditional Area 

Vanuatu Trade Commissioner strengthens development partnership with Mafi Traditional Area 

By Kekeli K. Blamey Adidome (V/R), June 17, GNA -Professor Hugh K. Aryee, the Vanuatu Trade Commissioner to Ghana, has reaffirmed his commitment to fostering sustainable development in the Mafi Traditional Area, with a strong emphasis on youth...

Finalists Named For NZ’s Peak Infrastructure Construction Awards

Finalists Named For NZ’s Peak Infrastructure Construction Awards

The finalists for the 2025 Civil Contractors New Zealand Hirepool Construction Excellence Awards have been announced, with awards to be presented on the big stage during the Hirepool Construction Excellence Awards Dinner at Mercury Baypark in...

UAE food producer aims to cut energy and water use under high-tech partnership

UAE food producer aims to cut energy and water use under high-tech partnership

A leading UAE food producer is embracing innovation in agriculture after joining forces with an enterprising Finnish technology company in an effort to slash energy and water consumption in its operations and create more nutritious meals. Al Ain...

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