Pacific Change Makers
Episodes
Bougainville's future: Sustainable sovereignty through development
09 Sep 2025
Contributed by Lukas
Bougainville has set 2027 as the deadline to declare independence from Papua New Guinea. But the economic and institutional foundations of sovereignty...
Pacific Change Makers: Cathy Neap on the Australia–PNG relationship
04 Mar 2025
Contributed by Lukas
Cathy Neap, Country Manager for the National Rugby League in Papua New Guinea, speaks with Dr Jessica Collins, Project Director of the Australia&ndash...
Lowy Institute Re-Cast: Pacific Change Makers: NZ High Commissioner Dame Annette King on the Pacific, geo
20 Jan 2025
Contributed by Lukas
As part of the Lowy Institute Re-Cast series, we are republishing the best podcasts of 2024. In case you missed them the first time around or if you w...
Pacific Change Makers: Addressing climate change in Papua New Guinea
16 Jul 2024
Contributed by Lukas
In this episode, Debra Sungi of PNG’s Climate Change and Development Authority speaks with the Lowy Institute’s Oliver Nobetau. Discussions around...
Pacific Change Makers: Digital frontiers - Safeguarding PNG’s youth in the cyber age
26 Jun 2024
Contributed by Lukas
Papua New Guinea is a nation undergoing rapid digital transformation. With increased connectivity, PNG faces the dual challenge of leveraging digital ...
Pacific Change Makers: Solomon Islands - Democracy in the balance?
04 Apr 2024
Contributed by Lukas
In this episode of the Pacific Change Makers, the Director of the Lowy Institute’s Pacific Islands Program, Dr Meg Keen, speaks with Dr Anouk Ride f...
Pacific Change Makers: Introducing Oliver Nobetau the Lowy Institute’s new FDC Pacific Research Fellow
15 Feb 2024
Contributed by Lukas
The Lowy Institute’s latest episode of Pacific Change Makers introduces a fresh and dynamic voice in Pacific affairs – Oliver Nobetau, the new FDC...
Pacific Change Makers: NZ High Commissioner Dame Annette King on the Pacific, geopolitical competition, and her time serving in Australia
15 Jan 2024
Contributed by Lukas
In this episode of Pacific Change Makers, Research Fellow at the Lowy Institute’s Pacific Islands Program Dr Jess Collins speaks with Dame Annette K...
Pacific Change Makers: Bougainville MP Geraldine Paul on empowering women, building the economy and asserting independence
07 Nov 2023
Contributed by Lukas
In this episode of Pacific Change Makers, Director of the Lowy Institute’s Pacific Islands Program Dr Meg Keen speaks with Bougainville MP Geraldine...
Vanuatu MP Gloria Julia King on women, sport, and politics
24 Aug 2023
Contributed by Lukas
In this episode of Pacific Change Makers, Dr Jessica Collins speaks with Vanuatu MPGloria Julia King – a mother of four, and a former national footb...
Peter Kenilorea on Solomon Islands security and political challenges
30 Jun 2023
Contributed by Lukas
In this podcast Dr Meg Keen speaks with Solomon Islands’ opposition MP Peter Kenilorea about the challenges ahead as the country gears up to host th...
Shifting the Power - Making a difference through gender and climate activism
27 Apr 2023
Contributed by Lukas
In this episode of Pacific Change Makers, Dr Meg Keen speaks with Sharon Bhagwan-Rolls in Suva, Fiji about social activism in the Pacific. Sharon is t...
In Conversation with Ivan Pomaleu, Chief Secretary to Papua New Guinea’s government
24 Mar 2023
Contributed by Lukas
In this new episode of Pacific Change Makers, Dr Meg Keen, Director of the Lowy Institute’s Pacific Islands Program discusses politics, priorities a...
LGBTQIA+ rights and issues in the Pacific
10 Mar 2023
Contributed by Lukas
The global campaign to secure protections for LGBTQIA+ people has made significant progress in recent years, yet laws governing LGBTQIA+ rights in the...
Pacific Fusion Centre: Breaking new ground in a contested Pacific?
24 Jan 2023
Contributed by Lukas
The Pacific Fusion Centre is a new Pacific regional body aiming to critically analyse the pressing security issues facing the Pacific Islands and bett...
Storytelling and representation: Theatre in PNG
30 Aug 2022
Contributed by Lukas
In this episode of the Aus-PNG Network Leadership Series, Mihai Sora speaks to Andrew Kuliniasi, award-winning playwright and Drama Director at the Mo...
Music in PNG: Mihai Sora speaks with Allen Kedea
20 Jul 2022
Contributed by Lukas
Aus-PNG Network Leadership Series: Music in PNG In this episode, Mihai Sora is joined by Allen Kedea, also known by his stage name AKay47, to discuss ...
Aus-PNG Network: Women in politics in PNG - Dame Carol Kidu
07 Jun 2022
Contributed by Lukas
This is a special Women in Politics series for the Australia-PNG Network, in which the Lowy Institute's Jessica Collins sits down with prominent...
Aus-PNG Network: Women in politics in PNG - Tania Bale
20 May 2022
Contributed by Lukas
This is a special Women in Politics series for the Australia–PNG Network in which the Lowy Institute's Jessica Collins sits down with promin...
Aus-PNG Network: Women in politics in PNG - Damarise Bonga
06 May 2022
Contributed by Lukas
This is a special Women in Politics series for the Australia-PNG Network, in which the Lowy Institute's Jessica Collins sits down with prominent women...
Aus-PNG Network: Women in politics in PNG - Vagi Hemetsberger
21 Apr 2022
Contributed by Lukas
In this special Women in Politics series for the Australia-PNG Network, the Lowy Institute's Jessica Collins sits down with prominent women from Papua...
Aus-PNG Network: Women in politics in PNG - Theresa Meki
08 Apr 2022
Contributed by Lukas
In this special Women in Politics series for the Australia-PNG Network, the Lowy Institute's Jessica Collins sits down with prominent women from Papua...