OCEANIA

New Zealand: Māori rights in the firing line

Right-wing government reverses hard-won Indigenous gains

New Caledonia: time to talk about decolonisation

Dialogue needed after violence leads France to withdraw controversial voting law

CONFLICT | CRISIS

Solomon Islands: a change more in style than substance

New government faces test of improving relations with civil society and media

Australia: reconciliation back to square one?

Constitutional referendum fails to recognise an Indigenous voice

All change in New Zealand’s election

Political volatility rises under cost-of-living crisis

Fiji: deeper democracy or continuing danger?

New government takes positive steps to respect rights but needs to go further

Australia: still silencing the climate alarm

Government says it takes the climate crisis seriously but instead restricts the right to peaceful protest

ECONOMY | ENVIRONMENT

Fiji’s new government: a less repressive trajectory?

A rare change of government offers a renewed test for democracy

Solomon Islands: democracy on hold

Government postpones election amid sensitivity over links with China

Vanuatu’s climate plan shows way forward

Donors must prove they’re serious by helping Pacific Island country adapt to climate change

ECONOMY | ENVIRONMENT