Meet Martha Nonone, a Manaaki New Zealand Short Term Training Scholar who studied during the COVID-19 pandemic! Despite the challenges that comes with virtual learning, including managing family and work at the same time and studying long hours after work, Martha graduated with a New Zealand Certificate in Business (First Line Management) from the Southern Institute of Technology. Congratulations Martha! We are thrilled to see you thrive in your workplace and we look forward to the great impact

Seven years ago, Solomon Islands made history, qualifying alongside New Zealand for the FIFA U-17 World Cup in South America. But for a while, the dream became a nightmare when it emerged that one of the Solomons players was over-age. In the end, FIFA allowed the team to compete in the World Cup in 2018, but OFC still went ahead and punished the Solomon Islands Football Federation with a fine and ban from the next Oceania Under-16 tournament. However, they're back in the fold now and competing a