pacific Archive

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  Pacific palms, poverty and Prime Ministers - by Gareth Hughes

  
  
  
  A month ago if you had asked me to think about the Pacific Islands, I would be mentally transported to a palm-clad, golden-sand idyllic paradise instantaneously. However, having recently visited Kiribati and the Solomon Islands I now have a different place in my mind. I was privileged to be part of the NZ delegation that [...] read more
  September 16, 2010 8:16 am - 10 Comments
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  Identity Theft – Climate change threatens Pacific Cultures - by frog

  
  
  
  An island leader’s eloquent plea for action to save his Pacific homeland from the ravages of climate change convinced audience members of the need for regional leadership on greenhouse gas emissions, and inspired a work of art. Reverend Tafue Lusama of Tuvalu spoke about the immediacy of climate change in two sessions at Auckland’s Samoa [...] read more
  August 12, 2009 4:39 pm - 35 Comments
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  Climate change is now – urgent action needed for Pacific - by frog

  
  
  
  One person who won’t be impressed by the Government’s greenhouse gas emissions target announcement (so pathetic that John Key was labelled a piker by Jeanette Fitzsimons on National Radio this morning) is Reverend Tafue Lusama of Tuvalu. He speaks at 1.15pm today at Samoa House in Auckland, where he will appeal for stronger action on [...] read more
  August 11, 2009 10:17 am - 110 Comments
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  Indigenous climate change conference - by Metiria Turei

  
  
  
  Jeanette has blogged today on the Emissions Trading Scheme submissions from iwi and hapu. She talked about how it is necessary to treat Treaty settlement land and resources differently under the scheme, particularly forestry. This is a crucial point, especially in light of the issues discussed at the Indigenous Peoples’ Global Summit on Climate Change [...] read more
  April 29, 2009 9:30 am - 10 Comments
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  Has Murray Banned Aid? - by frog

  
  
  
  Image crafted by Lyndon Hood *****I’m keen to see whether the kiwi media will be knocking at Foreign Minister Murray McCully’s door and ask him what on earth he is up to with his shake-up of New Zealand’s aid to some of the poorest people in our region. I nearly tripped over ‘his Muzzness’ as [...] read more
  March 10, 2009 4:24 pm - 11 Comments
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  Mapping the Pirates - by frog

  
  
  
  The last time the world went pirate crazy, it was Johnny Depp and Keira Knightley who caught our attention. Now it’s the Somalis. But piracy is a much wider problem around the globe, as this Live Piracy Map shows. I struggle to believe that there have been no reported instances of piracy in or near [...] read more
  November 25, 2008 5:28 pm - 61 Comments
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  Human rights and climate change - by frog

  
  
  
  Celsias has the link to an important report on the link between human rights and climate change: According to a report published recently titled “Climate Change and Human Rights: A Rough Guide, 2008  ” (pdf), climate change is already undermining the realization of a broad range of internationally protected human rights: rights to health and [...] read more
  September 1, 2008 4:27 pm - 9 Comments
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  Save the tuna - by frog

  
  
  
  Greenpeace has just released its Red List of the twelve most unsustainable fish commonly eaten in New Zealand that most require urgent action to ensure the future of these species and the fisheries. Meanwhile Metiria has just launched a petition calling on the Government to take urgent action to halt the over-exploitation of one of [...] read more
  August 12, 2008 11:14 am - 8 Comments