By Pacific Island Times News Staff Sunergize, New Zealand’s leading commercial rooftop solar provider, has acquired Todd’s Pacific operations, making it the largest privately-owned commercial and industrial solar company in the Pacific. The acquisition completes Sunergise’s buyback of the solar companies it sold to Todd in 2018 and reinforces the company’s long-term vision, according to Paul Makumbe, the company's founder and CEO. Last year, Sunergise acquired Vector’s PowerS

The U.S. Department of State has designated two officials from Pacific island nations for corruption, banning their entry into the United States.

In Tongan culture, wealth is not measured merely in cash or property. It takes the form of koloa, such as beautiful textiles, fine mats, barkcloth, waist mats or ta‘ovala, quilts, bedspreads and decorated baskets filled with gifts.