- Prime Minister Scott Morrison makes a historic visit to Fiji and Vanuatu this week amid concerns over Chinese influence in the region and a diplomatic hiccup around terrorist Neil Prakash.
- On Prakash, Shannon Molloy explains this case of the Aussie-born terrorist and his citizenship saga, which has set an unfortunate backdrop for Morrison’s visit.
- Interested in understanding the different concerns about Chinese influence in the Pacific? Have a look at the Asia Maritime Transparency Initiative map from CSIS.
- In this Devpolicy Blog, a group of Solomon Islands health staff share their strategies to prevent implementation of projects from being overwhelmed by planning.
- Guam has set a world record with a government composed of 67% women.
- Fiji is turning to coral gardening to save its lucrative South Pacific reefs from bleaching, in order to keep attracting tourists.
- In this “Daughters of the Migration” episode, the Coconet TV follows the story of Judge Ida Malosi, the first Pacific female justice in New Zealand.
- Domestic violence has always been an issue in PNG. However, things are changing. Stephanie Copus-Campbell retraces the progress that PNG has made over the years, and underlines what else can be done to improve the situation for women in the country.
- Finally, while visiting Taiwan, Nauru President Baron Waqa played Don Williams’ “You're My Best Friend” with the ukulele given to him as a gift by Taiwan President Tsai Ing-wen.
