A sea of troubles? New Zealand’s public sector neighbourhood

Authors

  • Roderic Alley

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.26686/pq.v2i4.4210

Keywords:

Pacific Islands Forum (PIF), Pacific Islands states, Regional Assistance Missions to the Solomons (RAMSI), World Bank governance criteria, Regional Rights Resource Team, United Nations Development Programme (UNDP)

Abstract

The 37th Pacific Islands Forum (PIF) witnessed some painful political inflammation in 2006. Its October annual heads of government meeting, held in Fiji, saw Australian prime minister John Howard face a Melanesian wall of resentment. This was instigated by a row that erupted over former Solomon Islands attorney general Julian Moti, an Australian lawyer facing extradition over child sex charges, who was sheltered by Solomon Island prime minister Manasseh Sogavare and his Papua New Guinea counterpart, Sir Michael Somare. With Australian impatience and willingness to assert aid conditionality, the temperature rose sharply. Foreign Minister Alexander Downer claimed that taxpayers deserved a far better return for what had been invested in the region.

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Published

2006-11-01