Australian influence in the Pacific is being prevented from reaching its full potential by a flawed program of aid and outreach, Mark Wilson writes.

Vanuatu’s honorary citizenship program needs serious improvements to become beneficial to all Ni-Vanuatu, writes Emily Lyon.

Bainimarama’s attendance at the 2019 Pacific Islands Forum meeting is a ‘step-up’ of Fijian sovereignty, Xavier Wilks writes.

Six months after PM Scott Morrison’s launch of the ‘Pacific pivot’, it’s time to take stock, writes Alia Huberman,

What is feminism? For many, the imagined idea of what feminism looks like is strongly associated with the more publicised feminist movements of the West. However, feminism is a global phenomenon encompassing a diverse range of ideals, campaigns and pathways towards women’s empowerment and greater equality between genders.

On Monday evening, 14 August 2017, the ANU College of Asia Pacific Student Society hosted a panel discussing how feminism has manifested itself within the Asia and Pacific region.

Could Moana engage younger generations of Islanders and non-Islanders to the art of Wayfinding? The 2016 film starring Pacific Islanders Auli’i Cravalho and Dwayne “The Rock” Johnson is about a young Islander girl, Moana, who hopes to save her dying island; by stealing a canoe, sailing across the ocean and returning the heart of Te Fiti. To do this, Moana learns how to wayfind; a skill that continues to be taught in the Pacific.

Mitiana Arbon reflects on the controversies of Disney’s upcoming film Moana and its French-language changes.

Mitiana Arbon reflects on the flourishing development partnership between the United Arab Emirates and Pacific Island States.

MITIANA ARBON shares a selection of intimate photos from Humans of Tuvalu – HOT.

Mitiana Arbon reflects on how the tiny nation of Tokelau is currently beating the rest of the world on the internet.