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Managing Director / Publisher
Samisoni Pareti
Group Editor-in-Chief
Samisoni Pareti By Samisoni Pareti
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Never a dull news day

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THERE’S hardly a dull news day in the thing. He lost the presidency on the 24
Main Correspondents
kind of work we do. This is so true this August elections in Nauru and the world
Fiji Anish Chand month, beginning with the annual get waits to see who the new leader of Nauru
Australia Nic Maclellan together of island leaders on the sandy will be. Waqa’s justice minister, the man
atoll of Funafuti, capital of Tuvalu, a na- many believed was the former president’s
Cook Islands Helen Greig
tion of 12,000 people. This month’s Forum king maker, David Adeang, made a strong
Kiribati Taberannang Korauaba leaders’ summit will be remembered for showing in the polls and no doubt he will
French Polynesia Nic Maclellan what went wrong; the public and pretty have his eye on the top job, although some
New Caledonia Nic Maclellan dramatic ‘divorce’ between the two key vu- new members of parliament may decide to
vale (family) members in Prime Ministers contest the presidency.
New Zealand Jason Brown
Scott Morrison of Australia and his Fijian Further afield, Pacific negotiators were
Niue Naea Michael Jackson counterpart Frank Bainimarama. Read busy on First Avenue of Manhattan, at the
Papua New Guinea Sam Vulum our Forum expert Nic Maclellan’s piece of United Nations General Assembly working
how that much published separation came out the finer details of a new treaty on the
Patrick Matbob
about on page 17. sustainable use of marine biodiversity in
Samoa Taina Kami-Enoka Controversy followed Bainimarama areas beyond national jurisdiction (BBNJ).
Solomon Islands Priestly Habru back home in Suva. He has been unable Fiji’s immediate western and eastern
Tonga Iliesa Tora to shake off bad press about an incident neighbours of Vanuatu and Tonga respec-
outside parliament where he had angrily tively are in New York, and are not entirely
Vanuatu Bob Makin
accosted a former aide, now opposition happy over what they deem as Suva’s
MP, Pio Tikoduadua. The incident occurred uncompromising stance on their shared
Islands Business is published monthly by before the Funafuti summit and he and maritime boundaries. Port Vila would like
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