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Air Vanuatu says it is scrambling to source spare parts from Europe, Asia and the U.S to get its sole jet back in the air.

Learn to Serve Pentecost is a youth-led organisation formed late last year on the island of Pentecost.

For Vanuatu, any prospect of a World Cup place is gone, but more importantly, so too is a large slice of future funding. 

The Solomon Islands Football Federation advertises for a new head coach to take charge of the men's national team and lead them at the OFC Nations Cup in June. Also, Women's rugby team Penina Pasifika vastly exceed expectations against Australia's top clubs.

This episode looks at early C-130A operational tasks that cumulatively gave the Australian, government, citizens, and military planners a good sense of just how much more capable air mobility was with C-130s in the inventory. The tasks covered include:

• The very first RAAF C-130 Humanitarian Assistance/Disaster Relief mission which took place in the New Hebrides (Vanuatu) in the aftermath of 1959’s Cyclone Amanda;
• An around-the-world mission called Operation Eastbound; and
• Examples of the early Search and Rescue missions – one successful and one not so successful. This includes the story of Michael Rockefeller's disappearance in November 1961.
  
  Also covered is a summary of what C-130 crews did during crew rest.

When Leonid Vusilai was a child in Vanuatu, he dreamed of becoming a pilot. It was mainly for the prestige associated with it but he also wanted to travel the world. His dad advised against it and gave Leo another idea that would see him fly around the globe anyway, only this time as a renowned chef and winner of Pacific Island Food Revolution, Season One. 

Mike Yardley joined Jack Tame to chat about his visit to Port Vila, Vanuatu.

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The tradition of storytelling is a huge part of life in the Pacific. Stories connect generations, bridge political differences, record histories and create community. 

Hosted by the warm and welcoming Bobby Macumber, Stories from the Pacific draws you deep into the lives of Pacific Islanders who have seen and done amazing things. 

From sports people to farmers, artists to teachers, activists to entrepreneurs, each week Stories from the Pacific brings you a unique and extraordinary Pacific Islander. The one thing these guests have in common is their Pacific heritage and their ability to tell an incredible story.  Stories from the Pacific is an ABC Radio Australia podcast.

We have a wonderful conversation roaming from Jerusalem to Vanuatu, from Atheism to Greek Orthodoxy and from Thomas Merton to Sam Harris!

Oh...and from Dalai Lama to Henry Miller!

The Half Known Life

Best place to visit Pico Iyer online is his website HERE!
Pici Iyer on Wiki: HERE
New Camaldoli Hermitage HERE

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In this week’s episode, we explore how a partnership between Adelaide researchers, Vanuatu cocoa farmers and Australian chocolate makers has turned a so-so crop into one of the best in the world.

While the cocoa bean doesn’t grow in South Australia, we have a powerful connection with chocolate through companies like Haigh’s – for years, one of the only chocolate-makers in Australia that created its products from scratch – from bean to bar.

South Australia also has a great history in agricultural research.

This week, we’re talking about how South Australian expertise is helping one of our South Pacific neighbours improve the quality of their cocoa from unusable by high end chocolatiers, to being judged as among the best in the world.

Joining us this week are Professor Randy Stringer from the Centre for Global Food and Resources at the University of Adelaide, and Sandrine Wallez, the manager of Activ Association – a not-for-profit organisation facilitating fair trade for local producers in Vanuatu. She also runs her own chocolate company, Aelan Chocolate.

They’re joined by InDaily senior journalist Belinda Willis.

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In Episode 66, we try to make our little podcast grow by looking back at 1986's Little Shop of Horrors. But we also take some time to sprinkle water on the other little buds we saw in July. So go git it!

00:00:00 - 00:04:37 -- Intro
00:04:37 - 00:18:06 -- The Loot of the Month: Little Shop of Horrors
00:18:06 - 00:36:20 -- The Rest of the Loot

• 00:18:06 - 00:19:35 -- Night and Fog
• 00:19:35 - 00:22:22 -- Ben-Hur (1959)
• 00:22:22 - 00:23:45 -- Seven (2018)
• 00:23:45 - 00:24:53 -- Un obus partout
• 00:24:53 - 00:25:47 -- Hedgehog in the Fog
• 00:25:47 - 00:27:02 -- Listen
• 00:27:02 - 00:29:43 -- Wet Hot American Summer
• 00:29:43 - 00:31:17 -- The Day the Earth Stood Still (1951)
• 00:31:17 - 00:32:30 -- Tanna
• 00:32:30 - 00:33:21 -- Now
• 00:33:21 - 00:35:02 -- Beat the Devil
• 00:35:02 - 00:36:20 -- Goodbye Mommy

00:36:20 - 00:38:56 -- Closing & Outro

Music: Tino Mendes & Yellow Paper - The Heist

Little Shop of Horrors clip (c) Warner Bros.

Little Shop of Horrors songs (c) Warner/Geffen

Dean Butler has had a colourful life as a fishing journalist, photographer, fishing guide, crewman, captain and explorer to name a few feathers in the cap. For those of us old enough to remember Dean was writing for Fishing World magazine in the 80s before going on to help produce early fishing DVDs and television shows with the likes of Ron Calcutt, Rod Harrison and John Haenke. Dean was a pioneer in fishing travel and was one of the first caucasians to fish the jungle rivers of Papua New Guinea. He fished extensively throughout the South Pacific including Vanuatu, and the Soloman Islands. He also is the guy you want onboard if chasing world records, and in particular billfish on fly or ultra light tackle. He has been apart of 42 world record captures including several that will likely never be broken. 

Deena shares her closing presentation at the U.S. Embassy Port Moresby, Women Empowering Women Series. Women entrepreneurs (in tech) gathered from Papua New Guinea, Solomon Islands, and Vanuatu virtually to be inspired and enhance business growth.

Deena White Tearney is the Founder and CEO of Pacific Point, a Salesforce Consulting firm. Her passion is mentoring youth to pursue careers in tech. Connect with Deena on Instagram or Linkedin and find out more about Pacific Point .

As the world starts to open up,  I reckon it is time to take a look and remind ourselves as to what is on offer.

Joining me today is Deborah Dickson-Smith, a writer, editor and publisher who has built a
career in the travel media industry.  She has managed to travel (and dive) through most of
the South Pacific and Southeast Asia.  Deb now uses these experiences to design tailor-
made dive holiday experiences for her clients at Diveplanit Travel.

Over the next 2 episodes, Deb and I talk through numerous destinations that every diver should have on their bucket list and highlight some of the up to date travel requirements for the destinations mentioned.

Deb and partner Simon Mallender launched Diveplanit in 2012, initially a blog to share
dive travel experiences and highlight marine conservation issues. Diveplanit has since
morphed into an online dive travel guide, content marketing agency and dive travel
agency, with the purchase of Diversion Dive Travel in 2018.

Deborah's Links:

www.diveplanit.com

https://www.facebook.com/DivePlanIt/

https://www.instagram.com/diveplanit/

https://twitter.com/DivePlanit

https://www.linkedin.com/company/diveplanit/

https://www.youtube.com/diveplanit

Note:

• Travel information was collected from various sources and correct on the day of recording the show.
• The travel discount offered by Diveplanit is for international travel (excluding flights), terms and conditions apply. 
• Thanks to Master Liveaboards for their travel information input. 

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