Useful Outsiders

Pacific nations are connected by the threat of climate change, all experiencing acute national disasters which are part of a prolonged, ongoing crisis, and facing growing threats to their infrastructure, ecosystems, and communities. This episode brings together a panel from across New Zealand and the Pacific to share best practices and innovations in climate adaption and disaster risk recovery. Th...

Schannel van Dijken, Marine and Heritage Director at Conservation International, and Bernadette Pinnell, Global Business Director at Home in Place NZ, join Emeline Siale Illolahia, Executive Director of PIANGO, as panellists in a discussion facilitated by Good Will Hunter's Rachel Mason Nunn. The conversation explores Pacific partnerships, localisation and impact. Topics of discussion include effe...

This episode, hosted by Good Will Hunter's Rachel Mason Nunn, features a conversation with Emeline Siale Illolahia, Executive Director of the Pacific Islands Association of Non-Governmental Organisations (PIANGO). Siale discusses PIANGO and its priorities in the region inlcuding the 2050 Strategy for the Blue Pacific. She also speaks to civil society, and the capability of civil society organisati...

This episode explores Oxfam's Inclusive Language Guide and its significance in the international development sector, particularly focusing on Aotearoa's unique context: Te Tiriti o Waitangi and tangata whenua / Māori. Hosted by Oxfam’s own International Development Director Angela Wilton, this episode aims to shed light on the power of language in shaping perceptions, addressing inequality, and pr...

This month’s podcast episode features a conversation with José Ramos - Horta , President of East Timor. Being a co-recipient of the Nobel Peace Prize in 1996, the country’s first foreign minister in 2002 and initially serving as president in 2007, Ramos-Horta is an experienced and inspiring leader. In this interview, he calls for accountability from world leaders and the need for more compassionat...

In this episode, speaker dicuss how aid agencies and donors are implementing measures to promote accountability, transparency, and anti-corruption, in their operations. They looked at transparency initiatives in Aotearoa New Zealand, Australia, and across the Pacific, highlighting what is working, where there are areas for improvement, and why transparency matters. Speakers Chair: Julie Haggi...

Ahead of the climate conference COP27 in Egypt, we bring you a timely discussion with Brianna Fruean , a climate and environment advocate from Samoa, and the youth representative of the Pacific Climate Warriors Council of Elders. Brianna took the stage at the opening ceremony of the World Leaders Summit at COP26 in Glasgow last year. Sounding the warrior call of Pacific youth, declaring...

In this episode, Justin Purser from Trade Aid New Zealand, speaks with two of Trade Aid’s small producer trading partners - Suita Nolasco, who works for COMSA, a sustainable coffee business in Honduras, and Gautam Mohan who works for Tea Promoters India. We hear about how the Covid pandemic impacted their businesses, livelihoods, and communities. Despite the major disruptions and challenges that C...

This fascinating discussion explores faith and religion in international development and humanitarian response. It looks at the relationship of faith to programming, partnerships, inclusion and rights, global standards, and challenges some of the assumptions people might hold. The speakers talk candidly about their organisation’s relationships to faith, as well as their own personal journeys. Spea...

This conversation centres around the recently published Sustainable Development Goals Report 2022 . The report looks at the global and regional progress towards the 17 Goals with in-depth analyses of selected indicators for each Goal.  According to the Report, “cascading and interlinked crises are putting the 2030 Agenda for Sustainable Development in grave danger, along with humanity’s very...

This month we have a really interesting discussion about some of the challenges around humanitarian response and support to war-affected communities, with a focus on the current conflict in Ukraine. CID's Humanitarian and Standards Manager, Aaron Davy, speaks with Virginia Pycroft from ADRA , and Mike Seawright from ReliefAid . Among other things, they talk about working with local teams and volun...

This month we look at how NZ can better support people who are forced to flee their homelands. Speakers discuss NZs refugee and asylum seeker policy, and the lived experience of people navigating the system from application through to resettlement and support services. They look at NZ’s commitments, quotas, and they raise some questions around equality.   Speakers: Rachel O’Connor Rachel...

This episode looks at how Covid has shifted a more localised approach to aid and development, and how we can make the most of this moment to really embed locally-led processes. Former Council for International Development Director, Josie Pagani, speaks with Duncan Green , Senior Strategic Advisor at Oxfam GB and Jennifer Kalpokas Doan , Director, Strategy & Programs at Bala...

A rich and important discussion about some of the barriers to Covid vaccination in NZ and the Pacific. The speakers delve into issues around vaccine inequities, distribution, hesitancy, public trust, and misinformation. They bring perspectives from public health, INGOs, and communities, in Papua New Guinea, Solomon Islands, Kiribati and New Zealand.  Speakers: Sally Angelson, ChildFund New Ze...

We kick off with an episode that really captures what we want the series to interrogate: how can aid agencies, governments, businesses and the public, be most useful - and how do we get better at trusting locals to lead? In this episode we look at the recent volcano eruption and tsunami that hit the Kingdom of Tonga – speakers discuss the response, how recovery efforts are going, and dra...