[ANU Pacific.Institute] News, Christmas and 2013

[Mike Cookson]

Dear Pacific Institute members,

We wish you all a joyous and peaceful Christmas and a happy and healthy 
2013.

We would also like to send our heartfelt sympathy and very best wishes 
to all of the members of the Pacific community at the ANU and in 
Canberra whose families have been affected by Cyclone Evan. Those of you 
interested in donating to disaster relief efforts in Samoa (and Fiji) 
may find it useful to read the related blog post below.

As usual, new blog posts are available on Outrigger at: 
http://asiapacific.anu.edu.au/blogs/pacificinstitute

Or you can follow the links below to these new posts:

    * Up The Fly Without A Paddle
      <http://asiapacific.anu.edu.au/blogs/pacificinstitute/2012/12/18/up-the-fly-without-a-paddle/>
    * Last minute Christmas presents for the Pacific
      <http://asiapacific.anu.edu.au/blogs/pacificinstitute/2012/12/18/last-minute-christmas-presents-for-the-pacific/>
    * Pipe Dreams: The PNG LNG Project and the Future Hopes of a Nation
      <http://asiapacific.anu.edu.au/blogs/pacificinstitute/2012/12/18/pipe-dreams-the-png-lng-project-and-the-future-hopes-of-a-nation/>
    * Disaster relief for Samoa and Fiji in the wake of Cyclone Evan
      <http://asiapacific.anu.edu.au/blogs/pacificinstitute/2012/12/18/disaster-relief-for-samoa-and-fiji-in-the-wake-of-cyclone-evan/>
    * Request for proposals: UNDP/NGO Pacific Resilience Program
      <http://asiapacific.anu.edu.au/blogs/pacificinstitute/2012/12/18/request-for-proposals-undpngo-pacific-resilience-program/>
    * Congratulations, Ana Lautaimi Soakai (PMPA Awardee)!
      <http://asiapacific.anu.edu.au/blogs/pacificinstitute/2012/12/15/congratulations-ana-lautaimi-soakai-anu-graduate-and-pmpa-awardee/>
    * Taking the High Ground (Terra Australis 37): The archaeology of
      Rapa, a fortified island in remote East Polynesia
      <http://asiapacific.anu.edu.au/blogs/pacificinstitute/2012/12/14/taking-the-high-ground-terra-australis-37-the-archaeology-of-rapa-a-fortified-island-in-remote-east-polynesia/>
    * Strongim Gavman Program in PNG reviewed
      <http://devpolicy.org/strongim-gavman-program-in-png-reviewed-20121213/>
    * Conference: The South Pacific Agenda for Survival and Growth: A
      Framework for Coordinated Participation of Asian Donors?
      <http://asiapacific.anu.edu.au/blogs/pacificinstitute/2012/12/12/conference-the-south-pacific-agenda-for-survival-and-growth-a-framework-for-coordinated-participation-of-asian-donors/>
    * PhD positions for Pacific research project (Massey University)
      <http://asiapacific.anu.edu.au/blogs/pacificinstitute/2012/12/11/phd-positions-for-pacific-research-project-massey-university/>
    * Congratulations, Tauvasa Tanuvasa Chou-Lee (PMPA Awardee)!
      <http://asiapacific.anu.edu.au/blogs/pacificinstitute/2012/12/11/congratulations-tauvasa-tanuvasa-chou-lee-pmpa-awardee-2012/>
    * Pacific Leaders Gender Equality Declaration: an empty commitment
      or a real opportunity?
      <http://devpolicy.org/pacific-leaders-gender-equality-declaration-an-empty-commitment-or-a-real-opportunity-20121211/>
    * A need for awareness of Pacific neighbours
      <http://asiapacific.anu.edu.au/blogs/pacificinstitute/2012/12/10/a-need-for-awareness-of-pacific-neighbours/>
    * Welcome... and congratulations, Dr James Flexner!
      <http://asiapacific.anu.edu.au/blogs/pacificinstitute/2012/12/10/welcome-and-congratulations-dr-james-flexner/>
    * Books to PNG: Professional library of The Late Malcolm Levett
      (1949-2010)
      <http://asiapacific.anu.edu.au/blogs/pacificinstitute/2012/12/10/books-to-png-professional-library-of-the-late-malcolm-levett-1949-2010/>
    * ESfO 2012 and PHA 2012
      <http://asiapacific.anu.edu.au/blogs/pacificinstitute/2012/12/10/esfo-2012-and-pha-2012/>
    * What went on at the Challenges for Participatory Development
      conference?
      <http://devpolicy.org/what-went-on-at-the-challenges-for-participatory-development-conference/>
    * Food security in East Timor, Papua New Guinea and Pacific island
      countries and territories <http://aciar.gov.au/publication/TR080>
    * Interview: Prime Minister Peter O'Neill
      <http://www.lowyinterpreter.org/post/2012/12/07/Interview-PNG-Prime-Minister-Peter-ONeil.aspx>
    * AVID Jobs: Environmental Defenders in the Pacific...
      <http://asiapacific.anu.edu.au/blogs/pacificinstitute/2012/12/07/avid-jobs-environmental-defenders-in-the-pacific/>
    * Workshop: "The South Pacific: From 'arc of instability' to 'arc of
      opportunity'?"
      <http://asiapacific.anu.edu.au/blogs/pacificinstitute/2012/12/06/workshop-the-south-pacific-from-arc-of-instability-to-arc-of-opportunity/>
    * Workshop Symposium: Political Life Writing in the Pacific Islands
      (Report)
      <http://asiapacific.anu.edu.au/blogs/pacificinstitute/2012/12/06/workshop-symposium-political-life-writing-in-the-pacific-islands-report/>
    * AAAPS AGM 2012 (summary report)
      <http://asiapacific.anu.edu.au/blogs/pacificinstitute/2012/12/06/aaaps-agm-2012-summary/>
    * Job: Social/Cultural Anthropologist, CNRS
      <http://asiapacific.anu.edu.au/blogs/pacificinstitute/2012/12/06/job-socialcultural-anthropology-centre-national-de-la-recherche-scientifique/>
    * Oceania Newsletter No.68 (Dec. 2012)
      <http://asiapacific.anu.edu.au/blogs/pacificinstitute/2012/12/06/oceania-newsletter-no-68-dec-2012/>
    * Gender Responsive Budgeting: Timor-Leste, Philippines and
      Indonesia (video)
      <http://asiapacific.anu.edu.au/blogs/pacificinstitute/2012/12/06/gender-responsive-budgeting-timor-leste-philippines-and-indonesia-video/>
    * Service delivery realities in Gulf Province, PNG
      <http://devpolicy.org/service-delivery-realities-in-gulf-province-png/>
    * Inspire2012: Developing the Pacific health workforce
      <http://asiapacific.anu.edu.au/blogs/pacificinstitute/2012/12/05/inspire2012-developing-the-pacific-health-workforce/>
    * Papua New Guinea makes its own way on ICT
      <http://www.lowyinterpreter.org/post/2012/12/04/Papua-New-Guinea-makes-it-own-way-on-ICT.aspx>
    * Planning for a more productive informal economy in PNG
      <http://devpolicy.org/planning-for-a-more-productive-informal-economy-in-png/>
    * PNG New Voices 2012 (report)
      <http://www.lowyinstitute.org/publications/png-new-voices-2012>
    * Keating's Timor and Carr's Papua
      <http://asiapacific.anu.edu.au/blogs/pacificinstitute/2012/12/03/keatings-timor-and-carrs-papua/>
    * Islands of Love, Islands of Risk
      <http://asiapacific.anu.edu.au/blogs/pacificinstitute/2012/12/03/book-launch-islands-of-love-islands-of-risk-culture-and-hiv-in-the-trobriands/>

And finally, a special thanks to you all for the support you have given 
the Institute this year:

Thank You, Tangio Tumas, Tenkyu Tru, Vinaka Vakalevu, Sulang, Ko Rabwa, 
Tubwa Kor, Malo 'Aupito, Fa'afetai Tele Lava, Merci Beaucoup, Kia 
Manuia, Kiaora Koe, Komol Tata, Fakaue Lahi, Si Yu'us Ma'åse', Teke 
Raoi, Kalangan, Fakafetai!

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