Mā'ohi Nui 🇵🇫 (is not France)| Urban Planner | Co-Founder : @soceanias | PhD candidate @ANU_CHL | Views my own | 'ona/she/her
Mo’orea, Tahiti, Moana Nui
Joined March 2019
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I want to celebrate and acknowledge all the cultural knowledge that Tahitian people have perpetuated or brought back despite generations of suppression and oppression from colonization
-‘ori tahiti (tahitian dance)
- va’a e tahu’a fa’ahoro pahi
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Huge news! Seabed miners will not be able to start mining in the Cook Islands until at least 2032. This shows the growing opposition to the destructive industry.
Campaigner Juressa Lee says this is “a win for the moana and the Pacific Peoples and communities fighting this emerging threat that will risk their way of life”.
The Seabed Minerals Authority, the government agency in charge of seabed mining in the Cook Islands has announced that companies wanting to mine in Cook Island waters must now apply for a five year extension to their exploration licences. Current exploration licences expire in 2027.
Resistance to seabed mining in the Cook Islands is strong and persistent.
Share this post to spread the word!
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📣 Big step at #COP30: A global Just Transition Mechanism has been agreed❗👏 This is a win for workers, women & communities 💪
But the work isn’t done. Time to ensure it works, is funded, and is inclusive
Read more 👉 actionaidusa.org/news/cop30-…
#ClimateJustice #JustTransition
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Will they never learn? The French government is again trying to push through a new political statute for New Caledonia, without creating a consensus of political forces on the ground. France now plans a referendum before 15 March 2026, on a draft contested by the #FLNKS. THREAD
True justice in general demands a reckoning with colonialism
"How far back in time can claims for climate obligations reach? This question is crucial, because former colonial powers often claim that colonialism was not prohibited under international law."
— #AJOpinion by Nciko wa Nciko & Samrawit Getaneh. aje.io/1qrjp5
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After Colombia and the Netherlands announced that they would cohost the 1st Intl. Conference for the Phaseout of Fossil Fuels, Minister Maina Talia of Tuvalu and Minister Ralph Regenvanu of Vanuatu celebrated the announcement and called on the world to join the Conference.
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1/5. 🗣️“For small island developing states, the climate emergency is already with us. We are already experiencing #LossAndDamage. The #ClimateCrisis is a threat to the futures of our people…and we know the main cause of that is fossil fuels.” 🏭 Ralph Regenvanu, Vanuatu's 🇻🇺 Minister for Climate Change on the launch the “Belém Declaration” at #COP30.
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Vanuatu calls for stronger climate finance and a clear roadmap to transition from fossil fuels at #COP30
🗣️“Those are the two things that I would like to see that we can achieve here. That would be a good outcome for me.” - 🇻🇺Minister Ralph Regenvanu
🔗: pasifika.news/2025/11/vanuat…
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In a French occupied territory in the Pacific, French forces detained an Indigenous leader and flew him to the other side of the world. He was held in a French prison for a year without trial. He told AJ+ what the French government was trying to force him to do:
what? where are the regulations?
This is corporate capture.
It’s like letting the most cunning foxes in to discuss how to protect chickens from foxes.
theguardian.com/environment/…
My spot when I visit you all in Guam!
It's been a few years, so its coming up soon
Tony Roma’s Guam to reopen soon under new ownership
Read Full News
pacificislandtimes.com/post/…
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Nearly 30 years after we first met on Moorea, watering vanilla fields for the Hiti Tau women's co-operative, it was great to catch up with Justine Papai again.
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Marshall Islands President Hilda Heine urges world leaders at #COP30 in Brazil to act boldly on climate promises, warning that 🗣️“future generations will look back on this decade, either with admiration or disappointment.”
@PACNEWS2 @SprepChannel
pasifika.news/2025/11/presid…
Don't trust the French!
‘Profound distrust’ in France, says Pacific people’s mission report calling for new Kanaky talks #asiapacificreport @pangmedia #Kanaky #NewCaledonia #decolonisation @kanakyOnLine @westpapuamedia @kanakyOnLine @KanakySuport @GroupeUcFlnks @cpcflnkspt
asiapacificreport.nz/2025/11…
ALT Pacific People's Mission to Kanaky . . . France’s post-crisis policies — including scholarship withdrawals, fare increases, and relocation of public services — are criticised as the “politics of revenge” that has further harmed Kanak and Oceanian communities. Image: PANG
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The MSG Trade Agreement's remarkable 30-yr journey has built local capabilities & created jobs, empowering communities and improving livelihoods across MSG markets. The MSGTA is more than just trade — it’s a foundation for economic success in MSG. 🇫🇯🇳🇨🇵🇬🇸🇧🇻🇺 – at Vanuatu
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U.S nuclear weapons testing can forever scar a nation. Just ask the Marshall Islands cnn.com/2025/11/04/asia/nucl… @ForumSEC
