Day: March 24, 2021

What is to become of Pacific regionalism

In the September/October 2019 issue of this magazine, I reflected on the ‘Death of Pacific Regionalism?’ (also known as Pacific Islands Forum). It was a leading question in my mind at the time having just witnessed

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Big Audit Fail

Nearly six years out of date. Not leaked audit reports from the Cook Islands, as exposed by Islands Business last month,  representing hundreds of millions in unpublished, unaudited micro-state assets. This time

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Pacific water woes

Earlier this month the world learnt of the plight of Banabans, who had been living without fresh water for a year according to residents. A social media post from an overseas-based Banaban gave a stark insight into the

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