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Earthquake in Philippines

Posted on 02 August 2022

At least five people died and 130 others were injured after a powerful earthquake struck the northern Philippines on Wednesday, according to authorities in the Southeast Asian country. The 7.0-magnitude…
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PM Jacinda Ardern on New Zealand’s Independent Foreign Policy

Posted on 02 August 2022

The Prime Minister of New Zealand, Jacinda Ardern, recently gave an address at the Lowy Institute in Sydney titled: A Pacific Springboard to Engage the World: New Zealand's Independent Foreign Policy.…
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The ‘Pacific Reset’ needs real commercial investment

Posted on 02 August 2022

From an Australian perspective, Pacific relations may have been an expected conflict zone at the last federal election. Since being in office, the new Albanese government has doubled down on…
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Lessons from the Pacific Clinical Frontline

Posted on 02 August 2022

The Lancet has published several excellent articles over the last month on the experience of Pacific regional front-line clinician staff during the Covid-19 pandemic. The responsibilities of respondents in the…
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Cascading crises: Covid, conflict, and climate change

Posted on 02 August 2022

According to a recent UN report on the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs), cascading and interlinked crises are putting the 2030 Agenda for Sustainable Development in grave danger, along with ‘humanity’s…
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Work for Oxfam Aotearoa

Posted on 27 July 2022

Oxfam Aotearoa are a NZ charity, connected to a world-wide Oxfam movement, that challenges the global inequalities that push people into poverty and injustice. We welcome you to work with…
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Sustainable NGO Business Models

Posted on 26 July 2022

Global environmental, economic, and societal forces are impacting the business models, funding landscape and value delivered by many Non Government Organisations ( The opportunity may exist for NGOs to engineer…
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UK treasury halting “non-essential” aid

Posted on 25 July 2022

The UK treasury has said it will be “prioritising essential overseas aid funding" such as help for Ukraine, after halting “non-essential" overseas aid. This is purportedly because high spending on…
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The deafening silence of human rights at Pacific Islands Forum

Posted on 25 July 2022

The Pacific Islands Forum leaders’ meeting has ended a week or so ago, and some commentators feel there has been a deafening silence on declining standards of democracy, governance, human…
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EU makes power play in Kiribati

Posted on 25 July 2022

The European Union is studying a possible port for fishing, container vessels, and cruise liners on the Pacific atoll of Kiritimati as part of its “Global Gateway” investment plan. This…
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