24 results for Vanuatu

19 September 2013

The island nation of Vanuatu has had a difficult post-colonial history. Forced to watch on as surrounding Pacific nations experience a tourism boom, the country has relied on donor aid. But a new Green prime minister is…

17 September 2008

Australia tackles tax evasion on Vanuatu, New Zealand uses music to fight antisocial behaviour and the tiny state of Timor-Leste gets its own airline.

21 June 2012

The rebranding benefits of geographical name changes are weighed up in South Australia, plans to harvest storm water for consumption are questioned in the New South Wales city of Orange, and Tokelau announces plans to…

16 September 2010

The latest from the Pacific islands, including a sanitation crisis in Tuvalu and the phasing of Vanuatu's handwritten passport.

17 September 2012

Australia's straight-talking foreign minister, election watch in Vanuatu, and the soft power of Kiwi sport.

17 April 2007

Australia's economy is all at sea; plus conflict on happy island.

19 January 2012

Nauru's political woes, Sydney's housing price price slide and a Samoan film tipped for the big time.

17 February 2014

Atiu island gets an airport overhaul, gay Aussie couples get state-funded relationship counselling and we interview the MP who represents Australian Italians.

18 February 2016

Why Australia is encouraging Kiwi detainees to return to New Zealand and tough times for same-sex couples in Fiji.

17 June 2009

These outposts may not score highly on the Monocle city metrics – they’re not very well connected for starters. But they all offer a quality of life we would recommend.

17 April 2007

Not since the Second World War have the islands of the Pacific been so hotly fought over. This time, however, the battle lines are diplomatic. China, the US and Taiwan are all pitching in but it is Australia that is running…

19 August 2010

Kiwi PM John Key gets foot-in-mouth disease and Fiji puts up a fight against Rupert Murdoch