Pacific Horizons: A Regional Role for New Zealand, New Zealand in the Pacific, South Pacific Commission: An Analysis after Twenty-five Years and New Zealand Foreign Policy, 1951–1971

1973 ◽  
Vol 49 (4) ◽  
pp. 679-680
Author(s):  
Trevor Reese
Keyword(s):  
Foreign Policy ◽  
New Zealand ◽  
South Pacific ◽  
Regional Role ◽  
The Pacific

Some Calliphoridae (Dipt.) from the South Pacific Islands and Australia

1927 ◽  
Vol 17 (3) ◽  
pp. 231-247 ◽  
Author(s):  
Mario Bezzi
Keyword(s):  
New Zealand ◽  
Pacific Islands ◽  
South Pacific ◽  
Large Collection ◽  
Number Of Species ◽  
Fiji Islands ◽  
The Pacific ◽  
Eastern Australia ◽  
Taxonomic Changes ◽  
South Pacific Islands

Having recently studied a large collection of Myiodaria from the Fiji Islands, and having received, through the courtesy of Dr. P. A. Buxton, a number of species from Samoa and other South Pacific Islands, I am able to make a revision of the Calliphoridae now before me, and to describe some new forms. I have also taken into consideration the specimens from New Zealand and from Eastern Australia in my collection, as well as the forms recently described by Aldrich, Hardy, Malloch, Patton and Surcouf, together with the taxonomic changes proposed by Senior-White, Shannon and Townsend.It seems that some species, probably those more closely associated with man, are widely spread through the Pacific Islands ; while several others seem to be very localised.

The Tahitian Mission

2019 ◽  
pp. 103-112
Author(s):  
David O. McKay
Keyword(s):  
United States ◽  
New Zealand ◽  
San Francisco ◽  
South Pacific ◽  
The United States ◽  
French Polynesia ◽  
The South ◽  
Profound Impact ◽  
Missionary Work ◽  
The Pacific

McKay and Cannon’s unanticipated repose in the United States was bittersweet; the surprise of seeing loved ones momentarily alleviated their homesickness, yet both knew more than eight months would pass before they would reunite with their families. After returning to San Francisco, they resumed their journey to the South Pacific. They arrived in Papeete, French Polynesia, on April 9, 1921, for their tour of the Tahitian Mission, which included several islands across the Pacific. McKay and Cannon’s stay in Tahiti was brief; they spent only three days traveling through Papeete and Rarotonga before heading onward to New Zealand. The archipelago had a profound impact on McKay, who observed firsthand the challenges of missionary work, costly transportation, and the severity of the weather.

Telehealth in the Pacific: Update 2018

2018 ◽  
Vol 21 (1) ◽  
pp. 37-38
Author(s):  
Wame Baravilala
Keyword(s):  
New Zealand ◽  
Health Professionals ◽  
Focal Point ◽  
South Pacific ◽  
Referral Hospital ◽  
Next Generation ◽  
Cook Islands ◽  
The Pacific ◽  
Pacific Health ◽  
National Referral Hospital

In the South Pacific, there have been reports of the Cook Islands getting into Telemedicine with cases being referred from Aitutaki to Rarotonga and then onto a clinical focal point in New Zealand.  The National Referral Hospital in Honiara, Solomon Islands3 was, for several years, using telepathology services where European pathologists were able to report on over 300 cases where specimen slides were prepared in Honiara, digitised then emailed to them for reading.  Despite the opportunities that have been provided, and are available, there is a dearth of publications and reports on telehealth and/or telemedicine use or innovations in the Pacific apart from what was achieved in the late 1990s and early 2000s. What are the possible reasons for this?  Telehealth is established in the Pacific to some extent but it requires the next generation of health professionals to realise its true potential for improving Pacific health.

scholarly journals The Ardern Government’s Foreign Policy Challenges

2018 ◽  
Vol 14 (2) ◽  
Author(s):  
Robert Ayson
Keyword(s):  
United States ◽  
Foreign Policy ◽  
New Zealand ◽  
Korean Peninsula ◽  
South Pacific ◽  
The United States ◽  
The South ◽  
The Road

With pressures growing on international rules, Jacinda Ardern’s new government faces extra challenges in shaping a principled New Zealand foreign policy based on the consistent assertion of values. Many of these external challenges are being felt in Asia. Even if force can be avoided on the Korean peninsula, escalating tariff competition between the United States and China may signal deep challenges for the rules of the road that suit New Zealand. As the wider storm clouds grow, the Ardern government’s focus on the South Pacific in cooperation with Australia offers some respite. But the Labour–New Zealand First coalition may complicate the delivery of predictable and creditable foreign policy stances.

scholarly journals Decolonisation Processes in the South Pacific Islands: A Comparative Analysis between Metropolitan Powers

1996 ◽  
Vol 26 (2) ◽  
pp. 355
Author(s):  
Paul De Deckker
Keyword(s):  
New Zealand ◽  
Great Britain ◽  
Pacific Islands ◽  
New Caledonia ◽  
Free Association ◽  
South Pacific ◽  
French Polynesia ◽  
The South ◽  
The Pacific ◽  
South Pacific Islands

The South Pacific islands came late, by comparison with Asia and Africa, to undertake the decolonising process. France was the first colonial power in the region to start off this process in accordance with the decision taken in Paris to pave the way to independence for African colonies. The Loi-cadre Defferre in 1957, voted in Parliament, was applied to French Polynesia and New Caledonia as it was to French Africa. Territorial governments were elected in both these Pacific colonies in 1957. They were abolished in 1963 after the return to power of General de Gaulle who decided to use Moruroa for French atomic testing. The status quo ante was then to prevail in New Caledonia and French Polynesia up to today amidst statutory crises. The political evolution of the French Pacific, including Wallis and Futuna, is analysed in this article. Great Britain, New Zealand and Australia were to conform to the 1960 United Nations' recommendations to either decolonise, integrate or provide to Pacific colonies self-government in free association with the metropolitan power. Great Britain granted constitutional independence to all of its colonies in the Pacific except Pitcairn. The facts underlying this drastic move are analysed in the British context of the 1970's, culminating in the difficult independence of Vanuatu in July 1980. New Zealand and Australia followed the UN recommendations and granted independence or self-government to their colonial territories. In the meantime, they reinforced their potential to dominate the South Pacific in the difficult geopolitical context of the 1980s. American Micronesia undertook statutory evolution within a strategic framework. What is at stake today within the Pacific Islands is no longer of a political nature; it is financial.

scholarly journals South Pacific Work Research Project - A Progress Report

1970 ◽  
Vol 2 (3) ◽  
Author(s):  
N. R. Marsh
Keyword(s):  
New Zealand ◽  
Manufacturing Industry ◽  
Service Sector ◽  
Pacific Islands ◽  
Labour Force ◽  
South Pacific ◽  
Progress Report ◽  
Cross Cultural ◽  
Research Project ◽  
The Pacific

This project, which began in 1976, consists of a series of interlinked, cross-cultural studies of the Multi-Cultural Workforce in Auckland. Whilst the 1976-78 part of the project concentrates solely on studying attitude and behaviour in manufacturing industry, this is planned to develop into the service sector in 1979. Furthermore, studies have been planned to investigate the effects in the Pacific Islands of the return to the labour force of their own people who have learned industrial skills in New Zealand.

scholarly journals Radio New Zealand International: Reporting the Pacific in tight times

2016 ◽  
Vol 22 (2) ◽  
pp. 103 ◽  
Author(s):  
Matt Mollgaard
Keyword(s):  
New Zealand ◽  
Public Diplomacy ◽  
South Pacific ◽  
The South ◽  
Financial Pressure ◽  
The People ◽  
The Pacific ◽  
Media Environments ◽  
News Services

New Zealand International (RNZI) broadcasts from New Zealand into the South Pacific and is relayed to South Pacific listeners by their various national news services. In 2006, American academic Andrew M. Clark characterised the role of RNZI as ‘providing a service for the people of the South Pacific’ that also provided ‘an important public diplomacy tool for the New Zealand government’ (Clark, 2006). A decade on, this article evaluates the ongoing use and utility of RNZI as a taxpayer-funded voice of and from New Zealand, as a service for the diverse peoples of the South Pacific and as a tool of New Zealand’s transnational diplomatic efforts.  RNZI is still a key source of local and regional information and connection for the distinct cultures and nations of the vast South Pacific area, whose peoples have strong links to New Zealand through historical ties and contemporary diasporas living in the country. But, RNZI now faces mounting financial pressure, a government swinging between indifferent and hostile to public broadcasting and questions of legitimacy and reach in the ‘digital age’. With RNZI under pressure in 2016, key questions arise about its present and future. What is RNZI doing well and not so well? What role should New Zealand’s domestic and international politics play in the organisation and its outputs? And how might its importance and impact be measured and understood in such a culturally and geographically diverse region as the South Pacific? Using a variety of sources, including documents released to the author under the New Zealand Official Information Act, this article explores the role of RNZI in the contemporary New Zealand and South Pacific media environments.

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