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SPECIAL REPORT: By Paul Gregoire United Liberation Movement for West Papua (ULMWP) provisional government interim president Benny Wenda has warned that since Indonesian President Prabowo...
Why the draft ‘foreign interference’ bill is so dangerous for Aotearoa
21 hours ago · New Zealand’s “interests” include its democratic processes, its economy, rights provisions, as well as its defence and security. A “Foreign Power” ranges from a foreign government to an association supporting a political party; “relevant benefit to a foreign power” includes advancing “the coercive influence of a foreign power over …
Indonesia joins BRICS: What now for West Papuan goal of …
1 day ago · Indonesia joining boosts BRICS membership to 10 countres — Brazil, Russia, India, China, South Africa, Egypt, Ethiopia, Indonesia, Iran and the United Arab Emirates — but there are also partnerships. Supporters of a multipolar world, championed by China, Russia, and their allies, may view Indonesia’s entry into BRICS as a significant victory.
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Feb 1, 2016 · RNZ Pacific A total of NZ$196 million has been set aside for Pacific services in Aotearoa New Zealand in this year's Budget. A big chunk of...
Five Pacific region geopolitical ‘betrayals’ in 2024
Jan 3, 2025 · COMMENTARY: By David Robie, editor of Asia Pacific Report With the door now shut on 2024, many will heave a sigh of relief and hope for better things this year. Decolonisation issues involving the future of Kanaky New Caledonia and West Papua –- and also in the Middle East with controversial United Nations votes by some Pacific nations in the middle of a livestreamed genocide — figured ...
Superpower rivalry makes Pacific aid a bargaining chip – …
Dec 17, 2024 · ANALYSIS: By Sione Tekiteki, Auckland University of Technology The A$140 million aid agreement between Australia and Nauru signed last week is a prime example of the geopolitical tightrope vulnerable Pacific nations are walking in the 21st century.. The deal provides Nauru with direct budgetary support, stable banking services, and policing and security resources.
An indictment of NZ’s settler colonial and ‘Five Eyes’ spy paranoia ...
Jan 8, 2025 · A protest over a controversial and widely condemned series of heavily armed nationwide raids mostly targeting Māori, including Tūhoe people in the remote Te Urewera, under the Supression of Terrorism Act in 2007. Although 17 peole were initially arrested, the police scenario of a "coordinated ...
ICJ to begin hearings in landmark Pacific climate change case …
Dec 2, 2024 · The road to the ICJ — nicknamed the “World Court” — started five years ago when a group of University of the South Pacific law students studying in Vanuatu began discussing how they could help bring about climate action.
Have New Zealanders really been ‘misled ... - Asia Pacific Report
Apr 21, 2024 · Official enthusiasm During his visit to Washington earlier this month, Peters said New Zealand and the Biden administration had pledged “to work ever more closely together in support of shared values and interests” in a strategic environment “considerably more challenging now than even a decade ago”. In particular, he and US Secretary of …
COP29: Pacific climate advocates decry outcome as ‘a catastrophic ...
Nov 25, 2024 · The figure was well short of what developing nations were asking for — more than US$1 trillion in assistance. ‘Failure of leadership’ Campaigners and non-governmental organisations called it a “betrayal” and “a shameful failure of leadership”, forcing climate vulnerable nations, such as the Pacific Islands, “to accept a …