Ongoing violence in Myanmar
Posted on 11 January 2022
On 24 December, two members of Save the Children staff were among at least 35 people, including women and children, who were killed in an attack by the Myanmar…
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Sign for Freedom campaign wins award for collaboration
Posted on 16 December 2021
The Council for International Development (CID) has announced the winner of the CID Collaboration Award 2021.
The Collaboration Award recognises and celebrates the importance of effective relationships, partnership, and collaborative thinking…
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The Collaboration Award recognises and celebrates the importance of effective relationships, partnership, and collaborative thinking…
Pacific response to Solomon Islands violence
Posted on 07 December 2021
Fiji is the latest regional country to announce it is sending security forces to Solomon Islands where major unrest rocked the capital. It will send 50 soldiers.
Days of rioting in…
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Days of rioting in…
NZ govt announce $100m support package to Cook Islands and Fiji
Posted on 30 November 2021
The New Zealand government has announced a further $100 million package to support the Cook Islands and Fiji’s Covid response and recovery.
Foreign Affairs Minister, Nanaia Mahuta, said New Zealand remained committed…
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Foreign Affairs Minister, Nanaia Mahuta, said New Zealand remained committed…
Urgent calls for global solidarity in pandemic response
Posted on 29 November 2021
Following recent news about the new Covid variant, ‘Omicron’, the World Health Organisation (WHO) Africa, has called for greater global solidarity.
The WHO’s Regional Director for Africa, Dr Moeti, said:…
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The WHO’s Regional Director for Africa, Dr Moeti, said:…
Event explores re-imagining Pacific tourism post-pandemic
Posted on 29 November 2021
Covid has effectively closed Pacific state borders to tourists for nearly two years. What will tourism in the Pacific look like post Covid, and how can New Zealanders be ‘good’…
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Advocacy Report May - Aug 2021
Posted on 24 November 2021
Covid continues to dominate in 2021. Disaster strikes in Haiti and Afghanistan. And there is a further push towards joint international development activities.
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This Advocacy Report collates the general…
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This Advocacy Report collates the general…
Scientists investigate lower covid infection rates across African continent
Posted on 23 November 2021
Though fewer than 6 percent of Africans are vaccinated and residents of many countries do not wear masks regularly, the World Health Organization has described Africa as "one of the least affected…
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How to prevent a future pandemic
Posted on 23 November 2021
Covid deaths and infection rates may dip below seasonal flu levels by the middle of next year assuming new dangerous variants don’t emerge in the meantime, Bill Gates said in Bloomberg,…
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Unpicking the minister’s speech
Posted on 23 November 2021
Foreign Minister Nanaia Mahuta gave her first major foreign policy speech recently on Aotearoa New Zealand’s policy in the Pacific. Anna Powles, Senior Lecturer in the Centre for Defence and Security Studies…
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