Pacific Environmental Governance Series: Voices, Challenges & Solutions

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

Session Dates and Speakers

Facilitated by
Fenton Lutunatabua (Pacific climate advocate, storyteller and facilitator)

25 June – Guardians of Moana and Land: Indigenous Governance for Pacific Sustainability

✅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

✅Millicent Barty, Founder of Kastom Keepers

16 July – Her Role, Their Future: Supporting Women in Pacific Environmental Governance

✅Naima Taafaki-Fifita, Tuvaluan environmental lawyer and Founder of the Moana Tasi Project

✅Flora Vano, Country Program Manager at ActionAid Vanuatu

✅AnneMary Raduva, Fijian youth advocate known for her bold stance on climate justice and gender equality

6 August – From the Pacific Shores to the Bay of Bengal: Building Resilience through Governance

✅Gareth Quity, Pacific climate justice advocate

✅Kathy Jetnil‑Kijiner, Marshallese poet, climate envoy, and founder of Jo-Jikum, a youth organisation for environmental action

✅Mahfuzul Haque, Senior Research Fellow, Transparency International Bangladesh'

27 August – Safeguarding Our Pacific: Tackling Corruption and Protecting Communities

✅Arianne Kassman, CEO of Transparency International PNG and a leading voice in anti-corruption and civic engagement

✅Charley Piringi, Award-winning environmental journalist

🕛 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.

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.