Maritime Digital Services: Solomon Ports has launched its first-ever Shipping Schedule Hub App, giving Android users real-time domestic vessel schedules, delay/cancellation notifications, and travel announcements to improve connectivity between Honiara and the provinces. Tourism Data Skills: The Pacific Tourism Organisation wrapped a five-day Pacific Tourism Data Initiative workshop in Nadi, training tourism research and statistics officers from Solomon Islands and other Pacific countries in SPSS, NVivo, and report writing to strengthen evidence-based tourism planning. Ocean Science at Sea: Three Pasifika students, including Solomon Islands’ Florence Townshend, spent 26 days aboard the RV Tangaroa “Floating University” programme, gaining hands-on experience in seabed mapping, marine life study, and climate research. Health Tech in Honiara: A Chinese medical team, with local staff, performed a minimally invasive kidney stone surgery at the National Referral Hospital using dual-endoscope and holmium laser techniques, also supporting training for local doctors. Food Security & Climate: WorldFish and KGA trained 36 Western Province secondary students in organic farming and nutrition, while separate reporting links Honiara’s slippery cabbage shortages to prolonged dry weather and El Niño impacts. Regional Research & Policy: Japan signed grants worth about SBD$14.6m for Solomon Islands scholarships and malaria efforts, and PNG offered mining policy expertise to help Solomon Islands build a modern resource regime.