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Spending a few days in the surreal Port Sunlight was one of the highlights of my PhD. This looks like a great opportunity to research Lever bros in the Solomon Islands.

The greatest thrill in my life is when Melvyn gets a bit shirty with the guests during In Our Time

‘From 2019, Waikato district council allowed non-compliant wastewater – laced with E.coli, nitrogen and phosphorus – to be pumped into the water.’

Tahiti at #AAPS2023 Vehia Wheeler Mauatua Fa'ara-Reynolds Tamatoa Mililani & Marie-Helene

Australian Foreign Minister Senator Penny Wong is heading to #NewCaledonia for talks. As a preview, I talk with President Louis Mapou for Islands Business, on his regional agenda, AUKUS, France’s Indo-Pacific strategy and Australia’s ‘First Nations’ foreign policy. islandsbusiness.com/news-break/map…

Interesting interview (in French) with newly elected President of #FrenchPolynesia Moetai Brotherson. Sharp responses to all the standard questions from French journalists (who’ll pay the bills? China threat? are you really colonised? etc etc). THREAD facebook.com/Moetai2023

Macron dined with fossil fuel bosses in Papua New Guinea before celebrating a conservation project. I gatecrashed and questioned the president on his climate hypocrisy. This is how imperial powers are offsetting responsibility for the crisis. planetcritical.com/p/imperial-off…

Please share and sign a petition on the non-consultative permission given for Australian prospecting & potential further mining & destruction of our ancestral island of Banaba, the one island actually above 3m in Kiribati. change.org/p/stop-centrex…

As important as ever. Cook Islands Museum and Library, 2023.

This piece I did for Spinoff late last year goes over some of the same territory as the interview: thespinoff.co.nz/society/29-11-… Nicholas Hoare put in a plug for yr marvellous thesis. We need to get that published...

Hiding likes is a disaster for academics. How else are we to express “I haven’t read this, and don’t have time to read this, but I’m glad it’s out there”

New special issue in French featuring research on China’s presence in Maohi Nui/French Polynesia by Department of Pacific Affairs (DPA) student Teva Mana. And reviews of China Alternative (Graeme Smith 史林), Denghua Zhang’s A Cautious New Approach, and Paul D’Arcy’s Islands of Hope.

Remembering John Cazale on his birthday. The actor only appeared in five films, all nominated for Best Picture: The Godfather, The Conversation, The Godfather Part II, Dog Day Afternoon, and The Deer Hunter.

The new Chicago Manual of Style is out and it's no longer required to mention place of publication. It's a sad day for Basingstoke.

The Economist just published a deeply-researched story about car bloat, and it's very, very damning: "For every life that the heaviest 1% of SUVs and trucks save, there are more than a dozen lives lost in other vehicles." Well worth your time: economist.com/interactive/un…

Such a treat to hear about this project from Kalafi and Marsali in Suva.

The AHA stands with our colleagues in Aotearoa New Zealand following the distressing news that the Marsden Fund will no longer fund HASS projects. We implore the government to reverse this decision. #history #marsdenfund #HASS #research theaha.org.au/wp-content/upl…

100 YEARS AGO... Le Petit Journal illustré gallica.bnf.fr/ark:/12148/bpt… Gallica BnF La locomotion de demain

🌊 Nouvelle-Calédonie : moratoire de 50 ans sur l'exploitation des grands fonds marins 👉 Cette "loi du pays" est l'une des plus strictes à l'échelle de la planète. 📲💻 la1ere.francetvinfo.fr/nouvelle-caled…

Systems are crumbling – but daily life continues. The dissonance is real theguardian.com/wellness/ng-in…