Show threadOhmbudsmanJun 20, 2025
7/ 🇳🇿 New Zealand freezes $18.2M in aid over Cook Islands-China deals.
🔗 https://www.rnz.co.nz/news/political/521659/nz-freezes-aid-to-cook-islands-over-china-infrastructure-funding
#PacificPolitics #China #ForeignAid
Job ads down, competition up

Finding a role is getting harder, with listings down and more competition than ever from other job hunters.

RNZ
MattdotvuJun 14, 2025

Trump Eyes New Travel Ban: Vanuatu Among 36 Nations Targeted

The Trump administration is reportedly planning a major expansion of its travel ban list—adding 36 more countries, including Vanuatu, to a proposal that could impose new restrictions unless compliance demands are met within 60 days. | | #Vanuatu #TrumpTravelBan #USVanuatu #ForeignPolicy #TravelRestrictions #Diplomacy #PacificPolitics

http://mattdotvu.blog/2025/06/15/trump-eyes-new-travel-ban-vanuatu-among-36-nations-targeted/

Trump Eyes New Travel Ban: Vanuatu Among 36 Nations Targeted

The Trump administration is reportedly planning a major expansion of its travel ban list—adding 36 more countries, including Vanuatu, to a proposal that could impose new restrictions unless complia…

Matt dot vu
thehardnewsdailyApr 23, 2024

Solomon Islands election sees tight race as opposition leads over PM Sogavare's OUR party.

With independents crucial for forming the next government, the outcome will shape the nation's post-2022 China security pact future.

#SolomonIslandsElection #PacificPolitics #ChinaPact #ElectionResults

Dr Susi ArnottFeb 26, 2024
Meanwhile, file under #PacificPolitics - will Australia maintain influence, will ties with Taipei survive, will Beijing gain a foothold even as islands disappear? #Tuvalu #sealevelrise https://www.aljazeera.com/news/2024/2/26/tuvalu-names-feleti-teo-as-new-prime-minister
Tuvalu names Feleti Teo as new prime minister

Former attorney general named new prime minister after a general election that ousted the island’s pro-Taiwan leader.

Al Jazeera