You are looking for Nanaia Mahuta? She is bound for Suva, to engage in talanoa and help build PIF consensus
While politicians of all colours were digesting the Pre-election Economic and Fiscal Update, and looking for the interpretation that best validates their campaign promises, Foreign Affairs Minister Nanaia Mahuta was packing her bags for a trip to Fiji.
She will attend the Pacific Islands Forum (PIF) Foreign Ministers’ Meeting, in Suva, alongside New Zealand’s regional counterparts.
“The Forum is the core platform for Pacific countries to talanoa and build consensus on issues of shared interest and importance like climate change, regional security and ensuring we continue to work together to maintain strong regional unity.”
What happens when a Pacific country engages in talanoa, and is it legal?
According to a United Nations website, “Talanoa is a traditional word used in Fiji and across the Pacific to reflect a process of inclusive, participatory and transparent dialogue.”
The meeting will give Pacific leaders an opportunity to connect and discuss — “as Pacific partners, kanohi ki te kanohi” — how the region can continue to work together “in response to the many pressures affecting Te Moana-nui-a-Kiwa, and in ways that support Pacific priorities and enhance Pacific mana,” Mahuta said
“This will include agreeing to an implementation plan for the 2050 Strategy for the Blue Pacific Continent — our region’s North Star, guiding us as we work together and with our partners to secure the future of our region.
“Engagement that recognises, advances and reinforces Pacific leadership on regional security, and on climate ambition and climate resilience, is also critical to maintaining strong regional unity — and to supporting security and prosperity, both for the Pacific and here, in Aotearoa New Zealand,” Nanaia Mahuta said.
She departs from New Zealand today (if she has not left already).
While in Fiji, she will also undertake bilateral meetings with Forum Foreign Ministers and visit Adi Cakobau School.
Point of Order is a blog focused on politics and the economy run by veteran newspaper reporters Bob Edlin and Ian Templeton
“The Forum is the core platform for Pacific countries to talanoa and build consensus on issues of shared interest and importance like climate change, regional security and ensuring we continue to work together to maintain strong regional unity.”
What happens when a Pacific country engages in talanoa, and is it legal?
According to a United Nations website, “Talanoa is a traditional word used in Fiji and across the Pacific to reflect a process of inclusive, participatory and transparent dialogue.”
The meeting will give Pacific leaders an opportunity to connect and discuss — “as Pacific partners, kanohi ki te kanohi” — how the region can continue to work together “in response to the many pressures affecting Te Moana-nui-a-Kiwa, and in ways that support Pacific priorities and enhance Pacific mana,” Mahuta said
“This will include agreeing to an implementation plan for the 2050 Strategy for the Blue Pacific Continent — our region’s North Star, guiding us as we work together and with our partners to secure the future of our region.
“Engagement that recognises, advances and reinforces Pacific leadership on regional security, and on climate ambition and climate resilience, is also critical to maintaining strong regional unity — and to supporting security and prosperity, both for the Pacific and here, in Aotearoa New Zealand,” Nanaia Mahuta said.
She departs from New Zealand today (if she has not left already).
While in Fiji, she will also undertake bilateral meetings with Forum Foreign Ministers and visit Adi Cakobau School.
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Nanaia Mahuta to attend PIF Foreign Ministers’ Meeting
Foreign Minister Nanaia Mahuta will attend the Pacific Islands Forum (PIF) Foreign Ministers’ Meeting, in Suva, Fiji, alongside New Zealand’s regional counterparts.
Point of Order is a blog focused on politics and the economy run by veteran newspaper reporters Bob Edlin and Ian Templeton
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Swan song travel methinks.
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