Nauru
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Sep 11, 2026
speaker_9AUDIENCE
Um, and we turned back another two boats.
speaker_9AUDIENCE
Uh, and they're actually going to Papua New Guinea and Nauru to be processed.
speaker_9AUDIENCE
But, uh, I mean, we weren't really keen on these people coming here in the first place strictly because we, um, already have a policy of, uh, a refugee policy through proper channels.
Art BellHOST
All right.
Sam SachdevaGUEST
As you note, though, not unanimous.
Sam SachdevaGUEST
Uh, Nauru, formerly Nauru, formally disassociated itself from that.
Sam SachdevaGUEST
Now, this is not unprecedented.
Sam SachdevaGUEST
It has happened on occasion, and it has happened, and with increasing frequency in recent years, and often related to these sort of knotty security issues, sometimes in relation to China.
speaker_2UNKNOWN
no.
DKHOST
Nauru's president, David Ang, laid out his country's pro-deep sea mining posture when he stated, quote, the greatest risk we face is not the potential environmental impacts of mineral recovery, but the risk of inaction.
DKHOST
there is a risk of failing to seize the opportunity to transform renewable energy and decarbonize our planet, end quote.
DKHOST
And no disrespect to him, but there's a lot of sort of environmental keyword bingo in that
speaker_2UNKNOWN
statement.
speaker_2UNKNOWN
And I do wonder,
DKHOST
unfortunately, Nauru has had boom and bust from resource deposits in the past, and I'm thinking- that maybe they're sort of counting on the boom happening again, which is potentially likely for them to boost their economy.
DKHOST
The Cook Islands, which has a large seabed mineral resources within its exclusive economic zone, is also allowing exploration within its waters and is currently conducting research to inform future government decisions.
Noa LeviHOST
Several Pacific Island nations are taking steps to open their embassies in the city, a move largely fueled by religious conviction and interpretations of ancient biblical prophecy.
Noa LeviHOST
Nauru has already opened its embassy this month, joining Papua New Guinea and Fiji, with Samoa slated to follow later this year.
Noa LeviHOST
Experts and former diplomats note that for these predominantly Christian nations, faith plays a central role.
Noa LeviHOST
Salote Tajavakatini, a former Fijian diplomat, explained to AFP that Christianity is the primary driver, with about 90% of indigenous Pacific islanders.
Abbas NazariGUEST
You know, almost a year since we'd left our village, five weeks out at sea in total.
Abbas NazariGUEST
Uh, we were dropped off on Nauru, which is an island in the Pacific, a sovereign country, and a Air New Zealand charter plane came and picked us up and brought us to New Zealand September the 30th, 2001.
Abbas NazariGUEST
Um, so August and September's a pretty kind of emotional month for us because, especially this year, because it's the 25th anniversary of our rescue at sea by the Tampa.
Abbas NazariGUEST
Um-
Greg WilliamsHOST
Wow
Abbas NazariGUEST
... and it's almost like a month of, it's almost like a month of rebirth, uh, for, for us and our community because unfortunately, and sadly, and tragically, those who, uh, didn't, I guess, make the bill to come to New Zealand, you know, the eldest sons and the fathers who had traveled alone because they said they would be the sacrificial lambs should, should they not make it, um, they were the kind of first inmates in, uh, Australia's policy of offshore detention, and they were imprisoned on Nauru for up to seven years, some of them, before many of them were eventually resettled to New Zealand.
Abbas NazariGUEST
Um, and uh, I, you know, speaking to them and, and, and their experience of growing up in New Zealand just four, five, seven years delayed- Um, that's true strength right there, you know?
Greg WilliamsHOST
Yeah.
Matt BishopHOST
And there have already been some pilot studies done.
Matt BishopHOST
So there's been one completed in St Kitts, there's one about to begin in Nauru, and there are a couple of other countries where these profiles are potentially going to be done.
Matt BishopHOST
And lots of people operating in the space see a huge amount of promise in these things.
Matt BishopHOST
They're going to become these mechanisms by which countries are able to evidence in really granular detail their distinctive patterns of vulnerability, and then hopefully use them in kind of their negotiations with development partners and donors.
Christina PersicoCORRESPONDENT
Um, and both people we've spoken to they're, they're saying that the, the spirit there of neighbors helping each other, people are out and about checking on each other, which is, which is some nice news.
Kathryn RyanHOST
Uh, now we move to, uh, Nauru.
Kathryn RyanHOST
This is, uh, formerly known as, uh, Nauru.
Kathryn RyanHOST
Just tell us, uh, Nauru, excuse me.
Kathryn RyanHOST
Just tell us, uh, what is happening, another deportation deal with Australia?
Christina PersicoCORRESPONDENT
Yeah.
Christina PersicoCORRESPONDENT
So the-- there's been deportation deals, quite a long running one between Australia and Nauru, um, already in place.
Christina PersicoCORRESPONDENT
But they've now, um, released their new agreement, which is to deport more than 350 refugees and asylum seekers to Nauru.
Selmanu UlalimamaitiHOST
Laong has moved away from Hawaii and has now been downgraded to a tropical storm.
Selmanu UlalimamaitiHOST
An Australian Green Senator says the government's secrecy over its latest resettlement deal with Nauru has not ended yet.
Selmanu UlalimamaitiHOST
After battling to keep it secret, the government has released its deal with Nauru to resettle former Australian non-citizen detainees who've had their visas cancelled on character grounds or due to criminal convictions.
Selmanu UlalimamaitiHOST
Green Senator David Shoebridge says it is another appalling deal with a small Pacific nation to force vulnerable people who are often simply refugees into cruel, indefinite conditions.
Selmanu UlalimamaitiHOST
But he says Canberra's negotiations with Nauru are also being kept secret.
David ShoebridgeSOUNDBITE_SPEAKER
Where the money's gone to Nauru and there's another whole memorandum which
Selmanu UlalimamaitiHOST
sets up the financial arrangements, sets up
David ShoebridgeSOUNDBITE_SPEAKER
the scheme under which billions of dollars of Australian public money gets funnelled into Nauru and they are continuing to resist producing that document.
Selmanu UlalimamaitiHOST
In a statement, Mr. Manuaru says proposed amendments to the mines and minerals legislation need to be brought before Parliament as soon as possible.
Selmanu UlalimamaitiHOST
An Australian Greens senator says the government's latest move to resettle a group of people indefinitely on Nauru provides very few protections for them.
Selmanu UlalimamaitiHOST
After battling to keep it secret, the government has released its agreement with Nauru to resettle former Australian non-citizen detainees who've had their visas canceled on character grounds or due to criminal convictions.
Selmanu UlalimamaitiHOST
David Shoebridge says this outdoes e-even previous offshore detention deals with Nauru in terms of forcing vulnerable people, often refugees, into brutal and precarious conditions.
David ShoebridgeSOUNDBITE_SPEAKER
It's never been the case that people who have been in Australia for any length of time could be forcibly deported to Nauru, uh, against their will a-and, and creating a, a sort of rapid deportation pathway.
David ShoebridgeSOUNDBITE_SPEAKER
People have no connection with Nauru because it's in gross breach of our basic international obligations.
Selmanu UlalimamaitiHOST
In Aotearoa New Zealand, police say they have spoken to high school students who were on the platform when a boy died at an Auckland train station.
Selmanu UlalimamaitiHOST
The boy was hit by a train at the Baldwin Avenue station in Mount Albert yesterday afternoon.
Johnny BladesHOST
RNZ Pacific News.
Johnny BladesHOST
[foreign language] Alarm has been raised about the plight of a group of people who the Australian government is resettling indefinitely on Nauru in a deal with a small Pacific nation.
Johnny BladesHOST
After battling to keep it secret, the government has released its deal to resettle former Australian non-citizen detainees who've had their visas canceled on character grounds or due to criminal convictions.
Johnny BladesHOST
Green Senator David Shoebridge says once on Nauru, there are very few protections for the people who in many cases are simply refugees.
Johnny BladesHOST
He says the fact that Nauru can change conditions at any point is also a worry.
David ShoebridgeSOUNDBITE_SPEAKER
As soon as, uh, another Nauruan government comes in and decides, well, they want to remove work rights or they want to take away any obligation to provide basic sustenance, or they want to create a detention camp to put people into, and that's been the history of Nauru, you know? Um, well, Nauru can do that when it sees fit.
Johnny BladesHOST
The Solomon Islands opposition is accusing Australia of foreign interference by dangling nearly a billion dollars to kill a no confidence motion in Prime Minister Matthew Wale.
Johnny BladesHOST
The ABC reported on Monday that around nine hundred million Australian dollars in support for the country was on the table as a treaty with Australia near, neared the end of negotiations.
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