Uplifting women in the kava industry not a break in Pacific tradition
NIKKI RICHARDSON | In some parts of Vanuatu, women are still forbidden from entering a nakamal, or ‘kava bar’, as it is traditionally a… Read More
NIKKI RICHARDSON | In some parts of Vanuatu, women are still forbidden from entering a nakamal, or ‘kava bar’, as it is traditionally a… Read More
HANNA MCNICOL | After signing a security deal with China in April and a $100 million deal with Chinese telecommunications giant Huawei… Read More
JON FRAENKEL | We are starting to see what Fiji politics is likely to look like under the new government elected in December 2022. One… Read More
JACK WHELAN | As floods wreaked havoc across vast areas of eastern Australia, 2022 was described as ‘The Great Deluge’, with record-breaking rainfall and… Read More
WESLEY MORGAN | Many people think of the annual UN climate talks as talkfests which achieve only incremental change, at best. Activist Greta Thunberg has… Read More
PATRICK KAIKU | Pacific island states have combined custodianship over some of the richest and most extensive Exclusive Economic Zones (EEZs) in the world,… Read More
TESS NEWTON CAIN | Fiji elections this week The much-anticipated general elections will take place in Fiji on 14th December. At the time of writing… Read More
TESS NEWTON CAIN | Arrests and complaints ahead of Fiji elections Tensions are high in Fiji ahead of the elections to be held on December… Read More
TESS NEWTON CAIN | Solomon Islands rocked by large earthquake Late last week, Solomon Islands was rocked by a large earthquake. The shake registered… Read More
TESS NEWTON CAIN | COP 27 concludes The COP27 meeting in Egypt has concluded. The negotiations ran over time and well into the night before… Read More