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New Flags Flying: Pacific Leadership
Author(s): Ian Johnstone (Editor), Michael Powles (Editor), Anand Sir Satyanand (Foreword)
- Publisher: Huia Publishers
- Publication Date: 3 Aug. 2012
- Language: English
- Print length: 200 pages
- ISBN-10: 1775500136
- ISBN-13: 9781775500131
Book Description
From 1960 to 1990, islands across the Pacific gained independence or self-government. In the years following this, Ian Johnstone and Michael Powles interviewed the Pacific people in key leadership positions in the lead-up to and achievement of independence.
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About the Author
Ian Johnstone is a former East West Center Senior Jefferson Fellow and has reported on South Pacific matters for the South Pacific Commission, TVNZ, Radio New Zealand, UNESCO and print media. He was a foundation member of the Pacific Islands News Association and served on the board of New Zealand’s Pacific Co-operation Foundation. He has also produced, written and presented award-winning television documentaries. Michael Powles is a former New Zealand high commissioner to Fiji, Kiribati, Nauru and Tuvalu. He has been responsible for Pacific affairs in the Ministry of Foreign Affairs and Trade and was deputy secretary. He was founding Chair of the Pacific Co-operation Foundation. He writes and lectures on international relations and is currently a Senior Fellow at the Centre for Strategic Studies, Victoria University of Wellington.
