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Pacific islands links: Fiji election, Kiribati and climate, Peace Ark, clean energy and more

Pacific islands links: Fiji election, Kiribati and climate, Peace Ark, clean energy and more
Published 18 Sep 2014   Follow @CainTess

This week's collection of news, commentary & analyis from and about the Pacific island region:

  • ICYMI, Fiji went to the polls for the first time in eight years yesterday. This vlog gives an overview of the day's happenings: 

  • A Queensland woman has taken advantage of constitutional changes to claim citizenship of Vanuatu on behalf of her grandparents, who were 'blackbirded'.
  • President Anote Tong of Kiribati has expressed his disappointment in Australia's lack of support in relation to the impacts of climate change in the region.
  • Here on The Interpreter, Philippa Brant looks at what the visit of the Chinese navy's Peace Ark to Fiji, PNG, Tonga and Vanuatu means in terms of soft power.
  • Giff Johnson makes a compelling case for Pacific governments to provide funding to non-governmental organisations involved in essential service delivery.
  • On the Devpolicy blog, Matthew Dornan & Joanna Spratt examine the NZ Aid program's efforts to promote use of renewable energy in the Pacific island region.
  • From the Pacific Network on Globalisation comes this critique of Australia's 'aid for trade' approach in the region.


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