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by Jennis Naidu The Pacific Network on Globalisation (PANG) The question of Kanaky New Caledonia (KNC) remains one of the most complex and unresolved decolonisation processes in the contemporary Pacific. Although framed by key agreements such as the Matignon Accords and the Nouméa Accord, which were intended to guide a…
U.S. Deputy Assistant Secretary of State for Australia, New Zealand, and Pacific Islands Matt Murray joined Ministry of Education and Human Resources Development Permanent Secretary Dr. Franco Rodie, Seventh-day Adventist Church Solomon Islands Mission Secretary General Linray Tutuo, the Associate Education Director Esther Tasa, and Betikama teachers and students for…
by Ednal Palmer At low tide, just off the coast of South Malaita in the Solomon Islands, a few wooden posts emerge from the waters. They aren’t easy to miss – although weathered, fragile, and half-submerged. But for the people of Walande, those posts are more than debris. They are…
March 2026 marked a significant milestone for Babatana’s Siporae Tribe with their forest conservation carbon project officially verified by international carbon standard Plan Vivo Climate. They now join Sirebe Tribe as Babatana landowners receiving income for sustainably managing and protecting their rainforest. Atkin Vilaka—spokesperson for the Siporae Tribal Association—says this…
by Stephen Howes and Rubayat Chowdhury There is no doubt that the war Israel and the United States have launched against Iran will have global economic consequences. While it is difficult to know what those consequences will be, it is hard to see them as positive, and they could be very,…
by Shailendra B. Singh* The complexities and contradictions of implementing anti-corruption initiatives in a Pacific Island context were on full display in Suva recently. Fiji’s principal anti-corruption body, the Fiji Independent Commission Against Corruption (FICAC), laid charges against Fijian and British national Charlie Charters, alleging two counts of aiding and…
by Stephen Howes and Huiyuan Liu PALM (Pacific Australia Labour Mobility) growth has stalled. The total number of PALM workers in Australia was 26,185 in April 2022, 34,230 in June 2024 and 32,365 in November 2025. But there is still plenty of churn among the 10 PALM-sending countries (nine Pacific Island…
by Anouk Ride I write this amidst the thunder of a tropical storm in a village in Malaita, recalling the storm that was this province’s foray into geopolitical struggles after the national government switched diplomatic recognition from Taiwan to China in 2019. Malaita’s Premier Daniel Suidani opposed…
Communities in Malu’u, North Malaita, have gained global attention for an innovative, Australia‑supported project to protect coastline infrastructure through mangrove and coastal tree rehabilitation. Over the past eight months, Australia has been working with a local mangrove and conservation expert from the Fera Au Conservation Association, as well as members…
Local worker Patrick Sali is championing the contributions that people with disabilities can make on first class infrastructure in Solomon Islands. Leading a team of 15 plasterers at the Australian-supported Naha Birthing and Urban Health Centre, Patrick, who has a speech and hearing impairment, plays a key role in delivering…
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