Pacific Media Investigation – Release of Investigation findings
MIL OSI – Source: Ministry of Social Development – Release/Statement Headline: Pacific Media Investigation – Release of Investigation findings 02 August 2017. MSD says the investigation into the contractual arrangement in place with Pacific Media Network, relating to the delivery of the Pasefika Proud anti-violence initiative, has highlighted a range of issues that it will […]
Read More →PACER Plus: In whose interests?
MIL OSI – Source: Green Party – Press Release/Statement Headline: PACER Plus: In whose interests? The government’s pursuit of free trade agreements at any cost has now turned to some of the most unique but vulnerable societies in the world – our Pacific neighbours. The government is again pushing a trade agreement that undermines the […]
Read More →Pacific Media Network and the Pasefika Proud campaign
MIL OSI – Source: Ministry of Social Development 2 – Release/Statement Headline: Pacific Media Network and the Pasefika Proud campaign 08 March 2017.Statement from the Murray Edridge, Deputy Chief Executive Community Investment relating to Pacific Media Network and the Pasefika Proud campaign The Ministry of Social Development has today released documents under the Official Information […]
Read More →TPP Still On? No Way: Is Bill English’s Plan B for TPPA a political own goal?
MIL Analysis+Reportage – EveningReport.NZ The Trans Pacific Partnership Agreement. Image: US Trade. Source: Professor Jane Kelsey Prime Minister Bill English has suggested a TPPA without the USA could still be alive. Bill English’s Plan B for TPPA a political ‘own goal’ in election year ‘The idea from Prime Minister Bill English that New Zealand and […]
Read More →African Resolve over Gambia – Lessons for the Pacific?
MIL OSI – Source: Green Party – Press Release/Statement Headline: African Resolve over Gambia – Lessons for the Pacific? Last month I was in Senegal representing the NZ branch of Parliamentarians for Global Action (PGA). The conference focused on the International Criminal Court (ICC). The ICC has had its tribulations since its birth 15 years […]
Read More →Disney’s Moana: First Pacific princess the real deal
MIL Analysis+Reportage – EveningReport.NZ Article by AsiaPacificReport.nz The Moana trailer … “magical but also our reality.” By Vaimoana Tapaleao of The New Zealand Herald You know the film is something special when the opening scene brings a tear to the eye. It is the call of song from an ancestor: the voice of a woman […]
Read More →Pacific leaders continue the push for 1.5 degrees
MIL Analysis+Reportage – EveningReport.NZ Article by AsiaPacificReport.nz The Pacific Islands Forum continues to push urgency towards limiting global warming to 1.5 degrees, putting pressure on the negotiated well below 2 degrees goal of the Paris Agreement. The chair of the PIF and President of the Federated States of Micronesia, Peter Christian, said limiting the temperature goal is […]
Read More →Farewell in the Fale
MIL OSI – Source: Heart Foundation – Release/Statement Headline: Farewell in the Fale The Heart Foundation and Pacific Heartbeat have been part of my life for more than five years and moving on has been a huge decision for me. In my time here I have been blessed to work with some amazing people. To […]
Read More →Encourage each other
MIL OSI – Source: Heart Foundation – Release/Statement Headline: Encourage each other Eseta’s official New York 2016 City Marathon card We last heard from Eseta back in April. Here’s her latest blog: “In my last blog I wrote that I’d be running my first full marathon in Rotorua in April. Well, I’m happy to share […]
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