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Event Details

 

TINZ: From the Pacific Shores to the Bay of Bengal: Building Resilience through Governance

Date 
6 August 2025
Time
12:00 pm - 1:30 pm
Online
Delivery Method
Online (Zoom)
Facilitator
TINZ

Pacific Environmental Governance Series: Voices, Challenges & Solutions

Webinar #3: From the Pacific Shores to the Bay of Bengal: Building Resilience through Governance

Event description

Join Transparency International New Zealand for a 4-part online webinar series centring the voices of Pacific communities on environmental governance.

From Indigenous knowledge to climate resilience, women's leadership to anti-corruption, each session offers fresh insights, regional experiences, and practical solutions.

This series is a talanoa space-grounded in Pacific values, led by Pacific voices, and open to all committed to environmental justice in our Blue Pacific.

What You'll Learn

  • How Indigenous governance shapes sustainability across Pacific communities
  • Why women's leadership is vital for climate justice and environmental protection
  • What governance lessons we can learn from coastal communities across the Pacific and Bangladesh
  • How corruption and environmental crime threaten our region-and what we can do about it

All sessions run online | 12pm-1.30pm Fiji/NZ time

Who Should Attend?

This series is for anyone across the Pacific and beyond working in environmental NGOs, government agencies, Indigenous and local communities, academia and research, youth movements, civil society advocacy, and the anti-corruption and legal sectors.

Speakers Include

Pacific Indigenous leaders, women advocates, climate activists, legal experts, and governance professionals across the region, including:

  • Alisi Rabukawaqa, Indigenous Fijian ocean advocate and environmental communicator
  • Professor Tarcisius Kabutaulaka, Solomon Islands scholar and political analyst based at the University of Hawai'i
  • Naima Taafaki-Fifita, Tuvaluan climate lawyer and advocate
  • AnneMary Raduva, Fijian youth advocate known for her bold stance on climate justice and gender equality
  • Gareth Quity, Climate Justice Lead at Oxfam in the Pacific
  • Kathy Jetnil-Kijiner, Marshallese poet, climate envoy, and founder of Jo-Jikum, a youth organisation for environmental action
  • Arianne Kassman, CEO of Transparency International PNG and a leading voice in anti-corruption and civic engagement

Why Attend

  • Free access to experts and community leaders
  • Real examples, practical tools, and regional knowledge
  • Interactive sessions with Q&A and Pacific-led storytelling
  • Build connections across the Blue Pacific

Location

Online - Zoom link will be sent to registered participants the day before each webinar.

Register HERE Now - Spaces are Limited! Pacific Environmental Governance Series: Voices, Challenges & Solutions

Transparency International NZ:

Transparency International New Zealand (TINZ) is made up of people just like you. People who care about the integrity of the world around us. We're part of a global coalition of more than 100 accredited chapters. Together, we have a vision of a world free of corruption and each chapter works independently, but cooperatively, to realise this vision.

TINZ is non-partisan. It is governed by a Board of elected Directors, and its operations are managed by a CEO and small team. We have a membership of both individuals and organisations across both the country and the globe. Together, we are an anti-corruption movement.

Other Webinars in series:

  • 27 August - Safeguarding Our Pacific: Tackling Corruption and Protecting Communities


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