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Scoop
02-05-2025
- Business
- Scoop
Aid Is Under Attack – Meet Pacific Community Leaders Implementing Kiwi Funded Aid
Press Release – ChildFund New Zealand Pacific community leaders from Kiribati, Solomon Islands, and Vanuatu are visiting New Zealand to talk about their projects funded by the New Zealand public and the Ministry of Foreign Affairs and Trade. Join ChildFund for a special session on New Zealand's aid in the Pacific. Pacific community leaders from Kiribati, Solomon Islands, and Vanuatu are visiting New Zealand to talk about their projects funded by the New Zealand public and the Ministry of Foreign Affairs and Trade. Aid is under attack. They will be joined by geo-political experts for a frank discussion – what's working, what's not, and how do we navigate the volatile geo-politics in our region. Venue: ChildFund, 2 Kitchener St, Level 3, Auckland CBD, 1010 Date: Wednesday 7 May Time: 4pm-5:30pm (nibbles and drinks provided) Please RSVP at Join us for a spirited discussion: Sharon Inone – National Geographic Society's Explorer of the Year. CEO of Greenergy Pacific, a community organisation leading development and climate projects in Temotu Province, Solomon Islands. Sharon came home after working at the United Nations in New York, because she 'wanted to get things done faster' and bring clean water to the island where she grew up. Teima Onorio – Country Director of ChildFund Kiribati. Leads water and food security projects in one of the world's most climate-vulnerable nations, plus projects to up-skill young people. Teima works closely with the Kiribati government. Robert Oliver – Global Executive Director and host of Pacific Island Food Revolution. Robert's 'Masterchef' type TV show promoted healthy local food, and has helped lower rates of non-communicable-diseases in the Pacific. Robert's new TV projects will focus on supply chains and markets for Pacific food. Joanna Bourke – CEO of Pacific Cooperation Foundation, an organisation that amplifies Pacific voices, and builds partnerships between government, business, and communities. With a background in tourism, international trade, and Pacific development, Joanna brings business and community together, both in New Zealand and the Pacific. Josie Pagani – CEO of ChildFund with more than 25 years' experience in development and politics. Also, a geo-political media commentator with a fortnightly column in the Post. Other guests TBC.
National Geographic
02-04-2025
- Entertainment
- National Geographic
Penguins are insanely resilient—and these explorers are revealing their secrets
Borboroglu's initiatives to create protected areas for penguins have helped conserve some 32 million acres of habitat, on land and at sea. Now 55, he takes inspiration from the birds' resilience—the way they swim hundreds of thousands of miles for food, avoid predators and pollution, and survive in environments increasingly impacted by climate change. 'When you see penguins making that big effort,' he reflects, 'you say, How can I give up?' Being recognized as an Explorer of the Year alongside his filmmaker friend, Borboroglu says, is 'fantastic … a great combination of different kinds of explorers and expertise.' At first, Gregory says, he was hesitant to make a documentary about penguins. The Emmy-winning host of the Disney+ series Animals Up Close, who has shot for iconic series like Planet Earth and Frozen Planet, knew that filming in penguins' harsh habitats would be tough—and worried the species was already plenty documented. 'If you're going to make a series called Secrets of the Penguins,' he says, 'you've got to show people something they've never seen before.' But Gregory embraced the challenge. To film one of the series' three episodes, he camped for more than two months near an emperor penguin colony in Antarctica's Atka Bay. He was documenting a critical phase in a penguin's life cycle, when juveniles, abandoned by their parents, are left to figure out how to become a 'proper adult penguin,' getting themselves to the ocean to swim and hunt. Gregory succeeded spectacularly in capturing behaviors never before filmed, including footage of hundreds of young emperor penguins entering the sea by 'BASE jumping' off a 50-foot cliff. 'I really think it's going to blow people's minds,' he says. 'I thought I knew what penguins' limits were. I was wrong.'
