Simon Draper is the executive director of the Asia New Zealand Foundation Te Whītau Tūhono.
OPINION: I’ve just completed an intensive te reo Māori course, spending six hours a day back in the classroom alongside a group of colleagues.
Read more: Māori have an edge when engaging with Asia, and NZ can't risk losing that
Former Kiribati president Anote Tong suspects a major agreement is "cooking" between Beijing and Tarawa after the country's decision to quit the Pacific Islands Forum.
Read more: Kiribati 'cooking something with China' - former Kiribati president
Prime Minister Jacinda Ardern says climate change and finding regional solutions to shared problems were the focus of the leaders' retreat, the centrepiece of the Pacific Islands Forum (PIF).
Read more: Prime Minister Jacinda Ardern speaks after Pacific Islands Forum leaders' retreat
Russia says its forces will step up military operations in Ukraine in "all operational areas" as Moscow's rockets and missiles pound cities in strikes that Kyiv says have killed dozens in recent days.
Read more: Russia vows to ramp up operations as rockets pound Ukraine
The 25-cent cut in petrol excise duty and half-price public transport fares will be extended into next year, the government has confirmed this afternoon.
Read more: Fuel tax cut and half price public transport extended into 2023
There's climate change, gender equity and COVID-19 to contend with on the Pacific stage this year, but the region's most significant diplomatic meeting hasn't been smooth sailing.
ANALYSIS: It's easy to understand New Zealand's motivation for securing a free trade agreement (FTA) with the European Union (EU).
What's less apparent is why the EU chose to pursue the agreement with a small and distant country, currently ranked its 50th most important trading partner.
The Solomon Islands has backed down on plans to build a Chinese military base in the Pacific.
Read more: Solomon Islands backs down on plans to build Chinese military base in the Pacific
To back down from having a military base one has to have had plans to have a Chinese base to be built in the first place... Just pointing that out because Solomon Islands PM was adamant that it was not even on the horizon... interesting.
I really wish news editors would stop with the fake news head lines... Solomon Islands has not backed down have not changed there tune. They have said all along there is no plan for a Chinese military base and that is what they are saying now.
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