Tag: Marco de Jong

NZ’s slide into sinister Pacific power play

Posted by Teuila Fuatai | Nov 5, 2023 | Comment & Analysis, PIJF

“No amount of investment in military platforms, and alignment with the AUKUS nations and their beliefs, will deny our demography and geography: we are part of the Pacific.” — Dr Marco de Jong.

AUKUS is an election issue

Posted by Teuila Fuatai | Sep 24, 2023 | Comment & Analysis, PIJF

“For New Zealand, and other Pacific nations, reducing our options to choosing sides between two imperial nations devalues our sovereignty and place as peoples of the Pacific.” — Dr Marco de Jong on AUKUS.

Japan’s nuclear waste has no place in our Pacific

Posted by Teuila Fuatai | Aug 27, 2023 | Comment & Analysis, PIJF

“If Japan is so convinced of the scientific safety of its nuclear waste then it can go ahead and dump it in Tokyo. Their waste has no place in our Pacific.” — Dr Marco de Jong on the release of nuclear waste from Japan’s damaged Fukushima plant.