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Articles by Maureen Penjueli
The new security excuse for mining the deep-sea
The race to mine the deep-sea is intensifying, with countries that stand to benefit now arguing there is a security, as well as an economic and energy, imperative. That’s a change in tone and focus which should concern all who care about our moana, waitui, solwara, write South Pacific scholars Claire Slatter and Maureen Penjueli.
Opinion: What can the Pacific learn from the EU Parliament vote against Norway’s decision to advance deep-sea mining
On February the 7th, the European Union (EU) Parliament voted against Norway’s recent decision to advance deep-sea mining in the Arctic by reaffirming its moratorium position and called for the European Commission and its member states to promote an international moratorium on deep-sea mining. Here in the Pacific, on the 13th of February the Foreign Minister for Aotearoa (New Zealand), Hon.
What Can The Pacific Learn From The EU Parliament Vote Against Norway’s Decision To Advance Deep-sea Mining
Press Release – Pacific Network on Globalisation By Maureen Penjueli 26th February, 2024 On February the 7th, the European Union (EU) Parliament voted against Norways recent decision to advance deep-sea mining in the Arctic by reaffirming its moratorium position and called for the European … By Maureen Penjueli 26th February, 2024 On February the 7th, the European Union (EU) Parliament voted against Norway’s recent decision to advance deep-sea mining in the Arctic by reaffirming its...
Pacific labour mobility over the last year: continued growth
Following the reopening of borders across the Pacific region in mid-2022 in the aftermath of the COVID-19 pandemic, there has been a quick recovery in temporary labour migration flows to Australia and New Zealand.
Increase Over Development Assistance Assistance (ODA) in budget
The Council for International Development Aotearoa New Zealand calls on the Government to firmly commit to increasing Overseas Development Assistance (ODA) expenditure in this year’s budget to be announced later this week.
Pacific seasonal workers’ participation in the R.S.E. scheme
During the last week of March 2023, New Zealand government officials gathered with representatives of Pacific states to consult on a substantive review of New Zealand’s Recognised Seasonal Employer (RSE) work policy. The policy review, being led by the Ministry of Business, Innovation, and Employment (MBIE)’s immigration policy team, has been in the pipeline since 2020; it was delayed due to COVID-related disruptions.
Leg pain that feels better when you stoop?
Talofa Samoa and welcome back to your Sunday Physiotherapy column. Today’s column comes to you from Push Physiotherapy in Australia; enjoy! Spinal central canal stenosis refers to the narrowing of the spinal canal which is the passage of space where the spinal cord travels through your spine. It is most commonly a degenerative condition meaning that it happens over a long period of time, slowly progressing typically as we age. Despite this, it can also occur from birth.
Mended region sails into Indo-Pacific headwinds
For now, the Pacific Island regionalism canoe has been fixed. The fracture of the region from the appointment of the Cook Islands' Henry Puna as Secretary General of the Pacific Islands Forum, over the Micronesian candidate, has been mended. Bringing to an end a short but turbulent period for Pacific regionalism since that infamous vote on the 4th of February 2021.
THE PROPERTIES OF PERPETUAL LIGHT
I was invited to write a review of my dear friend Julian Aguon’s book ‘The Properties of Perpetual Light’. The task was a little daunting given his book has received the highest praise from the likes of Alice Walker, Junot Diaz, Naomi Klein, Kathy-Jetnil-Kijiner, Katarina Teaiwa, Jonathan Osorio, and other notables. So, I offer a review, one based on our personal friendship and consider what this book might represent to readers, especially young people in the South Pacific.
Julian Aguon's 'The Properties of Perpetual Light'
I was invited to write a review of my dear friend Julian Aguon’s book ‘The Properties of Perpetual Light’. The task was a little daunting given his book has received the highest praise from the likes of Alice Walker, Junot Diaz, Naomi Klein, Kathy-Jetnil-Kijiner, Katarina Teaiwa, Jonathan Osorio, and other notables. So, I offer a review, one based on our personal friendship and consider what this book might represent to readers, especially young people in the South Pacific.
SDG 14 - Ocean governance for sustainability
By Maureen Penjueli, Pacific Network on Globalization (PANG) Global powers and Pacific Island nations are racing to divide up the ocean's resources using the narratives of Blue Economy and Blue Growth to justify their exploitation. Technology advances make once-unfeasible seafloor depths increasingly viable and will allow corporations to plunder oceanic resources in a bid to secure food security and alternative sources of minerals and energy for rapid growing populations.
In memory of the victims of 2009 tsunami
When September comes, I bow my head with sorrow. And I take a deep breath remembering the tsunami. It was when I learned to accept the need to let go. I will remember the wave covering us like a black strangling sky. It was a vacuum of living things, people included, and we were at the mercy of the sea and the hill behind us. If we were screaming, only the fish from a distance could hear us. The longest sound of sorrow lives in there.
Regionalism: Through the lens of a young Samoan
At the National University of Samoa (N.U.S.) last week, a Talanoa Session involving students, was attended by the Secretary General of the Pacific Islands Forum Secretariat, Dame Meg Taylor. At the heart of the Talanoa session was student’s perspectives on issues confronting the Pacific region. The keynote speaker was Meilani Aperaamo, a 3rd year student. She spoke about “Regionalism” and highlighted some key values young people in the Pacific must not take for granted.
Cultural sensitivities
A friend recently posted a question on social media asking if others thought discrimination against foreigners or Palagi was a problem in Samoa. I have thought about that a lot since. I thought of how being a Palagi in Samoa can be hard. But I think it is more a matter of being a minority that is hard. I thought about the history of the world and how so many minorities were and still are oppressed, discriminated against, and worse.
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