Water science in Kiritimati Island schools

Newly opened summer school for Cook Islands para-veterinarians to help strengthen animal health in the Pacific

Aspiring para-veterinarians in the Cook Islands during the Paravet Summer School Six dedicated livestock and biosecurity officers from the Cook Islands Ministry of Agriculture (MOA) are a step closer to completing Para-Veterinarian (para-vet) training as…

Pacific Statistics Methods Board

The third meeting of the Pacific Statistics Methods Board (PSMB) will occur from 23 to 24 May, 2019, at Statistics New Zealand's office in Auckland, New Zealand. The meeting will cover the following topics:

Vanuella Watt, the voice of the Pacific Community in New Zealand

At SPC, Vanuella Watt reigns over the scientific library hosted in a canoe-shaped building at Headquarters. But from 17 to 23 November last, she was the voice of the Pacific during an album release tour that took her to Palmerston North, Auckland, Nelson…

New buoy to provide better wave forecasts and ocean knowledge on Fiji’s Coral Coast

A wave buoy and temperature-monitoring mooring deployed on 2nd May off Fiji’s Coral Coast will provide ocean researchers, forecasters, mariners, surfers, and the public with real-time information about wave conditions and ocean temperatures. This…

Pacific fisheries – leading the fleet!

The Pacific Community and the Government of New Zealand launched today an initiative called Pacific Fisheries Leadership Programme (PFLP), with an aim at enabling national and regional Pacific fisheries leaders to further empower themselves to be leaders…

New Zealand - A valuable member and partner in development of the Pacific Community

We were delighted to host Mr Jonathan Kings and a delegation from Wellington at Pacific Community Headquarters in Noumea, New Caledonia, this week.  This is the first High Level delegation from NZ in recent times, and a great opportunity to revitalise…

New Zealand Government and Pacific Community strengthen partnership

The Government of New Zealand and the Pacific Community (SPC) have today signed an agreement to support the scientific and technical organisation’s continued delivery of development services to its member countries and territories over the next three…

Trade mission to New Zealand anticipates new buyers

Six Pacific Islands’ exporters from across the region will have an opportunity to find new distributors in New Zealand through a trade mission in July, jointly coordinated by the Secretariat of the Pacific Community (SPC) and Pacific Islands Trade and…

New potato and sweet potato varieties from Latin America to improve Pacific food security

Almost 70 new varieties of potato and sweet potato will soon be available to Pacific Island countries and territories, to improve food security across the region.
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