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‘We have to keep pressuring Australia to do the right thing’, says Tuvalu MP on climate action
By Lydia Lewis, RNZ Pacific presenter/Bulletin editor Tuvalu’s Transport, Energy, and Communications Minister Simon Kofe has expressed doubt about Australia’s reliability in addressing the climate crisis. Kofe was reacting to the latest report by...

Global Healing Surge Set For October: Live Healing Services With Pastor Chris Holds Worldwide October 24–26
1 The world is poised for an unprecedented global outpouring of God’s healing power as the 15th edition of the Healing Streams Live Healing Services with Pastor Chris Oyakhilome is set to take place from Friday, October 24 to Sunday, October 26,...

Live healing services with Pastor Chris gets October date
The world is poised for an unprecedented global outpouring of God’s healing power as the 15th edition of the Healing Streams Live Healing Services with Pastor Chris Oyakhilome is set to take place from Friday, October 24 to Sunday, October 26,...

Pastor Chris’s Live Healing Services Return October 24–26!
The world is gearing up for a massive, three-day global healing outpouring as the 15th edition of the Healing Streams Live Healing Services with Pastor Chris Oyakhilome is scheduled for Friday, October 24, to Sunday, October 26, 2025. Dubbed the...

Contemporary Māori Dance Performance And Indigenous Wānanga Set The Scene For Aotearoa’s Largest Ever Climate Event
Press Release – Adaptation Futures 2025 The programme is proving to be popular with many Christchurch locals registering for the conference and its side events, which include artists and scientists in conversation, exhibition tours, and workshops....

Australia Transfers Guardian Patrol Boat to Tuvalu
Australia has handed over a Guardian-class patrol boat to Tuvalu as as part of a continuing initiative to enhance security among its allies in the South Pacific. The “Te Mataili III” is the 21st Guardian-class patrol boat Canberra received from...
New Coronation poll finds lead for republic in Solomon Islands- PNG and Tuvalu would vote to stay with the crown
More voters in the Solomon Islands would choose a republic in a referendum tomorrow than would stay with the Crown, according to new research from Lord Ashcroft Polls – while most in Papua New Guinea and Tuvalu say they would vote for their...

Australia Announces New High Commissioner To Tuvalu 23 October
Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade Today I announce the appointment of Mr David Charlton as Australia’s next High Commissioner to Tuvalu. Australia and Tuvalu are longstanding partners with shared interests in a peaceful, safe and prosperous...

2025 Lisbon Architecture Triennale ponders the (literal and figurative) weight of humanity
The 2025 Lisbon Architecture Triennale has opened, themed around the question: ‘How Heavy is the City?’ Curators John Palmesino and Ann-Sofia Rönnskog of Territorial Agency say the question ‘addresses issues of magnitude, spatial organisation,...

To graduate or not to graduate: Nepal faces dilemma over LDC upgrade
Kathmandu, Oct. 12: Amidst the estimated 3-5 per cent loss to the economy due to arson and vandalism of the public and private property and businesses during the Gen-Z movement in September this year, and fear of poor economic performance,...
Amnesty International wants NZ visa for climate-affected Pacific islanders
North and South Tarawa are seen from the air in the Pacific island nation of Kiribati. 23 May 2013. Photo: Reuters / David Gray Amnesty International is asking the New Zealand government to create a new humanitarian visa for Pacific people...

Fiji’s Indigenous culture at risk
TUVALU continued their Futsal campaign. Today, they met the feisty boys from Port Vila who drew level with Solomon Islands yesterday. Early passes connected early for Michel Coulon and Kemly Lehi as Vanuatu mounted the pressure. Their attacking...

Can B.C.’s forests cope with climate change?
Swaths of pine beetle-infested forest in Manning Park. It used to be that climate change was a nagging but distant concern for British Columbians, spurred by pictures of stranded polar bears and the sinking islands of Tuvalu. Then came the images...

Pacific makes powerful impact at World Expo
The Pacific region is making a strong impression at this year's World Expo in Japan. Countries represented include Papua New Guinea, Sāmoa, Tonga, Tuvalu, Palau, the Marshall Islands, Fiji, the Federated States of Micronesia, Nauru, the Solomon...
Hawaii leaders tout strong ties with Taiwan during Double Ten Day event
HONOLULU (HawaiiNewsNow) - More than 200 members of the local Taiwanese community joined Hawaii leaders and lawmakers to celebrate Double Ten Day, Taiwan’s National Day, which falls on October 10. The Taipei Economic and Cultural Office (TECO) in...

Discriminatory Migration System Fails Pacific People Facing Climate Change And Disasters
Press Release – Amnesty International Aotearoa New Zealand Amnesty Internationals recommendations to the Aotearoa New Zealand Government are to help people to migrate with dignity or, if they choose, to stay on their islands with dignity....

The NYT Crossword answers and hints (Sat, October 11)
This guide is for a previous day! Looking for today's NYT Crossword guide? Check out the NYT Crossword answers for Sunday, October 12th 2025! Need a hint for today's NYT Crossword on Saturday, 11th October? Well, you have come to the right place!...
News The Guardian ‘Humanitarian’ visa must be created for Pacific Islanders displaced by climate crisis, experts say
Climate and migration experts are calling for urgent action to create legal pathways for people displaced by the climate crisis, as a new report highlights the scale of the problem across the Pacific. Research by Amnesty International released on...

San Pedro football defeats Banning for a fifth consecutive Battle for the Harbor win
SAN PEDRO — Seth Solorio came into Friday’s Marine League meeting with Banning needing 150 yards to eclipse the 2,000-yard mark on the season. If the first quarter was any indication, Solorio might have had to put that record on pause. “We wanted...

Fixing New Caledonia’s health crisis
TUVALU played their first Futsal tournament today in a tough encounter against New Zealand. The New Zealanders had much to prove after going down 1-2 to the Solomon Islands on Saturday. New Zealand scored three minutes in Captain Dylan Manickum...