Tag Archives: New Zealand

New website for “Engendering Persons, Transforming Things: Christianities, Commodities and Individualism in Oceania”

Posted on Friday 15 March 15 2013 by Mike Cookson

Professor Margaret Jolly’s ARC Laureate Project Engendering Persons, Transforming Things: Christianities, Commodities and Individualism in Oceania has a new website.* This project “addresses a profound and long-debated question about the historical interaction between Oceanic and western constructs of the person and contemporary controversies … Continue reading →

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Connecting Moana: Oceania’s Universities take the lead in Pan-Pacific Online Course Delivery

Posted on Thursday 7 March 7 2013 by Mike Cookson

by Dr Paul D’Arcy, History, CHL. [about this image*] For the last two years a quiet educational revolution with profound implications for education outreach and collaborative teaching and research has been taking place across the entire breadth of the Pacific Islands. The … Continue reading →

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Key observations on the state of New Zealand’s aid strategy

Posted on Wednesday 27 February 27 2013 by Joanna Spratt

The New Zealand Ministry of Foreign Affairs and Trade has released their ‘International Development Group [IDG]Strategic Plan 2012-2015 – Development that Delivers [pdf]‘, which complements and expands on the government’s ‘International Development Policy Statement [pdf]‘. The strategy sets out the vision, mission, areas of focus  and results for the government aid program, which IDG administers. There’s a lot to unpack. This blog covers a few overarching observations. The Strategy is […] Continue reading →

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Welcome, Lindsay Cameron!

Posted on Tuesday 26 February 26 2013 by Mike Cookson

Lindsay Cameron is a new PhD student in the School of Culture, History and Language. He currently lives in Melbourne and drives to Canberra once a month for campus events and library research. His research topic is “The Convergence of … Continue reading →

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A fair indictment of Australia’s Pacific policy?

Posted on Monday 25 February 25 2013 by Lowy Institute

Professor Wadan Narsey is an Adjunct Professor at The Cairns Institute.
Jonathan Schultz’s recently completed PhD thesis, Overseeing and Overlooking: Australian Engagement with the Pacific Islands 1988-2007, presents a somewhat scathing indictment of A… Continue reading →

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Karina Taylor and the ANU’s Pacific Research Archives

Posted on Monday 25 February 25 2013 by Mike Cookson

by Assoc. Prof. Chris Ballard, Pacific History, ANU. Karina Taylor, the archivist for the ANU’s Pacific Research Archives (PRA) since its inception in February 2007, is leaving us for an exciting position at the Alexander Turnbull Library in Wellington, New … Continue reading →

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Disaster relief for Samoa and Fiji in the wake of Cyclone Evan

Posted on Tuesday 18 December 18 2012 by Mike Cookson

The New Zealand NGO Disaster Relief Forum (NDRF) maintains a list of NGOs actively involved in assisting with emergency relief efforts in the region. Please visit the NDRF site to find out how you may contribute to disaster relief this … Continue reading →

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Conference: The South Pacific Agenda for Survival and Growth: A Framework for Coordinated Participation of Asian Donors?

Posted on Wednesday 12 December 12 2012 by Mike Cookson

11-13 December 2012, Port Vila, Vanuatu. “The New Zealand Asia Institute of the University of Auckland has partnered with the Pacific Institute of Public Policy to host guest speakers and academics from the Pacific, New Zealand, China, Japan, Taiwan, Australia … Continue reading →

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PhD positions for Pacific research project (Massey University)

Posted on Tuesday 11 December 11 2012 by Mike Cookson

Two PhD positions are offered as part of the Marsden-funded project, “Harnessing the power of business: the contested involvement of corporations in community development initiatives in the Pacific” [read about other Marsden Fund Pacific-related research in this earlier post to … Continue reading →

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Welcome… and congratulations, Dr James Flexner!

Posted on Monday 10 December 10 2012 by Mike Cookson

Dr James Flexner will be joining the School of Archaeology and Anthropology at the ANU early in 2013, where he will be a postdoctoral fellow. James recently received a Discovery Early Career Researcher Award (DECRA) from the Australian Research Council … Continue reading →

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Books to PNG: Professional library of the late Malcolm Levett (1949-2010)

Posted on Monday 10 December 10 2012 by Mike Cookson

Dr Mike Bourke (SSGM, ANU) and Dr Mike Cookson (ANU Pacific Institute) have just sent another consignment of books to PNG. This shipment consisted of approx. 300 kg of books, many from the professional collection of the late Malcolm Levett … Continue reading →

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ESfO 2012 and PHA 2012

Posted on Monday 10 December 10 2012 by Mike Cookson

The European Society for Oceania (ESfO 2012) and Pacific History Association (PHA 2012) held their bi-annual conferences last week on opposite ends of the world (in Bergen, Norway and Wellington, New Zealand, respectively).  From early reports, both conferences were very … Continue reading →

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Pacific languages expert resigns as NZ government advisor

Posted on Tuesday 27 November 27 2012 by Mike Cookson

“One of the region’s most senior experts on Pacific languages has resigned from the advisory council to New Zealand’s Minister of Pacific Island Affairs. Galumalemana Hunkin… stepped down saying New Zealand’s latest Pasifica Education Plan is ignoring the needs and wishes … Continue reading →

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Talanoa Oceania 2012 (conference report)

Posted on Thursday 22 November 22 2012 by Mike Cookson

Conference Report by Dr Roannie Ng Shiu and Nacanieli Rika, Co-Convenors of Talanoa Oceania 2012. The 5th Talanoa Oceania conference was held in Canberra from 9-10 November. Talanoa Oceania in Canberra and the Australian National University (ANU) Pacific Institute and … Continue reading →

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New guides for Pacific island agricultural exports

Posted on Thursday 22 November 22 2012 by Mike Cookson

A set of six new exporting guides for Pacific Islands agriculture exporters have been released today. The guides are the result of a joint project between the Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO) and Pacific Islands Trade … Continue reading →

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