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Celebrating Maternal Mental Health Day

Posted on 03 May 2023

May 3 marks World Maternal Mental Health Day, which aims to raise awareness, and change policy and attitude, around women's mental health before and after childbirth. In many countries, up to…
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Operation underway to avert oil spillage in Red Sea

Posted on 27 April 2023

The UN have announced that they will be deploying a Boskalis subsidiary SMIT Salvage vessel to transfer 1 million barrels of oil off the Safer vessel decaying in the Red…
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Tensions rise as Indonesia increases military operations in West Papua

Posted on 27 April 2023

Last week, over a dozen Indonesian soldiers aiming to rescue New Zealand pilot Phillip Mehrtens have been reported as captured or killed when ambushed by Papuan separatist rebels.

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WHO releases Health Inequity Data Repository to address global health disparities

Posted on 27 April 2023

Last week, the World Health Organisation launched the Health Inequity Data Repository, the most thorough analysis of data on population health ever released, which tracks health data across populations and…
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Humanitarian crisis escalates in Sudan as thousands seek cross-border safety  

Posted on 27 April 2023

The clash in Khartoum last week has progressed into widespread fighting in the nation, with hundreds killed and thousands affected by food and power shortages. “The people of Sudan are facing…
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RSE workers unlikely to return to NZ as long-term employment strategy  

Posted on 26 April 2023

Researchers at Dev Policy Blog have released a report looking to understand how work opportunities in NZ are being shared among RSE workers. A recent report investigated participation numbers, but this…
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China ambassador meets for cooperation talks in Cook Islands

Posted on 26 April 2023

Wang Xiaolong, People’s Republic of China Ambassador to New Zealand and Cook Islands, alongside a business delegation of eight, met with Cook Islands Prime Minister Mark Brown last week to discuss…
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Samoan Prime Minister addresses how technology can "bridge the digital divide" for Pacific nations

Posted on 19 April 2023

Earlier this month, Fiame Naomi Mata‘afa, Prime Minister of Samoa, provided a keynote address at ASPI’s Sydney Dialogue, a policy summit focusing on critical and emerging cyber and space technologies. Mata’afa spoke to…
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Cook Islands parliament decriminalises homosexuality

Posted on 19 April 2023

The Cook Islands’ “Crimes (Sexual Offences) Amendment Bill 2023" was passed into law last Friday, and alongside other things decriminalised homosexuality in the nation. This repealed the provisions in its Crimes Act…
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Violent outbreak in Sudan worsens nation's crisis

Posted on 19 April 2023

Severe fighting has erupted in North Darfur over the last few days between the Sudanese army and the parliamentary Rapid Support Forces (RSF), with almost 100 civilians killed in the conflict The…
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