Bringing the Kiwi Home: New Zealand’s Experiment in Urban Rewilding

Following the return of the Kiwi to Wellington, after a century of native absence, the article will use the Capital Kiwi Project as a case study for New Zealand’s developing experiments regarding urban rewilding. It will address intensive methods for predator control, Māori and local community involvement measures, New Zealand’s expanding biodiversity policy as a unique way to restore wildlife, and whether Wellington could be the impetus and potentially a model for new conservation strategies internationally.

OceaniaCampbell HaireNovember 3, 2026Biodiversity, Native Species, Urban Rewilding

Behind the Deal: China’s Growing Influence in the Pacific

An exploration of the 2022 China-Solomon Islands Security Pact. The deal exposed greater questions about geopolitical competition in the South-Pacific, China’s expanding influence and the fears of Western states.

OceaniaMadeleine WoodmanNovember 3, 2026China, Solomon Islands, Security, Indo-Pacific, Geopolitics