Pacific seasonal workers come to Australia each year to undertake a range of horticulture related work such as harvesting fruit, vegetables and nuts, pruning trees and vines, thinning, planting, and working in on-farm packing sheds. Pacific seasonal workers are recruited from Kiribati, Papua New Guinea, Tonga, Vanuatu, Nauru, Samoa, Solomon Islands and Tuvalu to work [...] » Read More
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Pacific Seasonal Workers Pilot Scheme
Thursday, December 1st, 2011Family matters… in Tonga and at home #8 #EIC
Monday, November 28th, 2011Looking forward to Christmas with the family? Or perhaps there’ll be a few tensions on Christmas day…? Cath Taylor looks at the significance of family relationships in Tonga and the work of Lifeline Crisis Ministries, reconnecting those who have lost their way in the Peaceful Kingdom. This is blog #8 in our EIC Series. About [...] » Read More
Deep sea mining – opportunity and risk for the Pacific
Thursday, August 11th, 2011I have been reading a lot lately about Seabed Mining. Parts of the deep seabed are known to contain rich deposits of minerals such as copper, nickel and cobalt. Until recently, extracting these deposits at several kilometres’ depth was too complex to be economical. But over the past few years, rising commodity prices and new [...] » Read More
Tonga celebrates 100th Anniversary of International Women’s Day!
Tuesday, March 29th, 2011Guest blogger and current UnitingWorld Experience Volunteer, Kate Saxton, reflects on celebrating International Women’s Day in Tonga. Be proud! That was the theme for Tongan students as they celebrated this year’s International Women’s Day in Nuku ‘Alofa- the country’s capital. March 8th saw the 100th anniversary since the first International Women’s Day (IWD) event was [...] » Read More
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