New Zealand-born Kiribati MP defends Taneti Maamau over snub of Winston Peters

Ruth Kwansing, right, with Taneti Maamau, middle, in a post-election meeting on 26 October 2024. Photo: Facebook / Ruth Cross Kwansing New Zealand cancelled its visit to Kiribati because Winston Peters specifically wanted to meet with President...

Explaining the ‘diplomatic tiff’ between New Zealand and Kiribati

A cancelled meeting in the Pacific raises larger questions about aid, climate change and the role of China and the US in the world’s biggest ocean. New Zealand is reviewing its aid for Kiribati after the president of the Pacific country declined...

New Zealand’s aid for Kiribati under review after meeting cancelled with…

New Zealand’s Foreign Minister Winston Peters has confirmed New Zealand’s aid for Kiribati is being reviewed after its President and Foreign Minister cancelled a meeting with him. Terms of Reference for the review are still being finalised, and it...

New Zealand to review development plan for Kiribati following cancelled visit

New Zealand's Deputy Prime Minister and Minister of Foreign Affairs and Trade, Vaovasamanaia Winston Peters, has announced a review of the $102 million development programme with Kiribati, citing a lack of high-level engagement with the Pacific...

Scaling up climate finance in the Pacific

The Green Climate Fund (GCF) aspires to be the Pacific’s Climate Partner of Choice. Here, I wish to outlines how the Fund is committed to partnering with the Pacific to achieve greater impact in the face of the climate crisis. As leaders gather in...

NZ’s ‘diplomatic tiff’ with Kiribati could push it closer to China: Expert

Winston Peters had been due to meet with the president and foreign minister of Kiribati last Tuesday and Wednesday. Photo: RNZ/REECE BAKER/25012702 The New Zealand government’s decision to review its development aid in Kiribati has “all the...

China’s development achievements in past decade amazing, says Kiribati president

Amazement is the right word to use when describing China’s development achievements in the past ten years, Kiribati President and Foreign Minister Taneti Maamau said. The chapter ahead would add color and excitement to the great story of the...

NZ aid for Kiribati under review after meeting cancelled with Peters

RNZ Pacific Foreign Minister Winston Peters has confirmed New Zealand’s aid for Kiribati is being reviewed after its President and Foreign Minister cancelled a meeting with him last week. Terms of Reference for the review are still being...

Peters holds tough line over diplomatic rift with Kiribati

Foreign Minister Winston Peters says New Zealand isn’t getting the "reciprocal reaction we expect" from Kiribati as the two nations' relationship hits rock bottom. 1News revealed yesterday that New Zealand’s entire aid programme to Kiribati was...

New Zealand's aid for Kiribati under review after meeting cancelled with Winston Peters

Winston Peters had been due to meet with the president and foreign minister of Kiribati last Tuesday and Wednesday. Photo: RNZ / REECE BAKER Foreign Minister Winston Peters has confirmed New Zealand's aid for Kiribati is being reviewed after its...

NZ's 'diplomatic tiff' with Kiribati could push it closer to China, warns expert

Photo: AFP The New Zealand government's decision to review its development aid in Kiribati has "all the hallmarks of a diplomatic tiff" and could "push away" the Micronesian island nation closer to China, a regional political commentator says. On...

Pacific diplomacy strained as NZ reviews Kiribati aid

The funding review puts tens of millions of dollars in jeopardy after New Zealand's development co-operation with the atoll nation totalling $NZ102 million between 2021 and 2024, including investments in health, education and climate projects.

NZ's relationship with Kiribati strained — aid fund under review

New Zealand’s relationship with the central Pacific Island nation of Kiribati has hit an all time low with the entire aid programme for the island country on hold while it’s reviewed because of a lack of "open dialogue". Also under the spotlight...

Kiribati MP wants voice heard too as popular vote nears

With Members of Parliament and the Speaker elected in Kiribati, the focus is now on the vote for the country's leader. The presidential vote will be held at the end of next month when MPs elect the President. Kiribati Parliament Building at Ambo,...

What Do Companies Need in a Future-Ready ERP?

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Fiji committed to working closely with Kiribati

Fiji remains fully committed to working closely with Kiribati. This was articulated by the Prime Minister Honourable Sitiveni Rabuka while meeting the President of Kiribati, Taneti Maamau on the margins of the 3rd FIPIC Summit in Port Moresby,...

Kiribati enhancing climate resilience through the upgrading of its National Building Codes

The Regional Pacific Nationally Determined Contribution (NDC) Hub has supported Kiribati in the development of minimum technical standards and requirements that are necessary for ensuring the integration of energy efficiency and green building...

Kiribati increasingly in thegrip of ‘authoritarianism’

Taneti Maamau's inauguration ceremony on 24 June 2020 at the Parliament House in Ambo. Maamau, from the Island of Onotoa, had been re-elected after completing his first term in office from 2016 to 2020. Photo: Facebook / Office of Te...

Dirty water impacts health and education of Pacific children - NGO

Contaminated water is severely affecting children’s health and education in the Pacific, leading to preventable diseases like diarrhoea, which can cause dehydration, malnutrition, and even death. Limited access to clean water disproportionately...

A test of unity: Can the Pacific Islands Forum Leaders’ meeting keep the family together

Pacific leaders will gather in Honiara for big declarations on security and climate, but regional fragmentation poses a pressing challenge Chinese military activity in the Pacific has reached new levels in the past year. A PLA Navy task group...