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Organised Crime and Corruption Reporting Project

1. How a Jet Purchase Imbroglio Expanded China’s Foothold in the Pacific, 2022 (investigations paused)

2. 2023 Best in Business Awards - Feature Article/Medium Division (collective reporting on article: Chinese ‘Miracle Water’ Grifters Infiltrated the UN and Bribed Politicians to Build Pacific Dream City)

The Guardian (Australia)

1. A death at sea and why answers are so difficult to find, 28 June 2021

2. Two-thirds of passengers on first flight to Covid-free Kiribati diagnosed with virus, 21 January 2022

3. Kiribati faces constitutional crisis after government suspends both high court justices, 1 July 2022

4. China influenced Kiribati exit from Pacific Islands Forum, MP claims, 12 July 2022

5. Australian-born judge released from immigration detention in Kiribati, after being held overnight, 12 August 2022

6. Kiribati left without high-level court after president suspends three appeal judges, 6 September 2022

BenarNews

1. Female election candidates seek ‘power to change’ Kiribati male-dominated politics, 13 August 2023

2. Kiribati says travel ban will stop ‘checkbook diplomacy’ during elections, 28 September 2024

Islands Business Magazine

1. Kiribati: Maamau promised a cash windfall and won, 30 June 2020

2. ‘People are suffering’: Kiribati’s judicial crisis, 7 April 2023

3. World Press Freedom Day: Advancing Pacific anti-corruption efforts through Teieniwa Vision, 3 May 2023

4. Kiribati’s fuel crisis, 7 September 2023

5. Sending back the rubbish to keep Kiribati beautiful, 20 December 2023

6. Kiribati elections 2024 – what we know, 14 August 2024

ABC Australia

1. Kiribati communities call for ban on international travel, 17 March 2020

2. Fiji's Prime Minister heads to Kiribati to make PIF plea, 19 January 2023

3. Kiribati and Australia sign agreement to boost security, infrastructure and economic ties, 22 February 2023

4. Kiribati's men's football team withdraw from Pacific Games, just two weeks before competition starts, 10 November 2023

5. Australian judge handed deportation notice from Kiribati parliament, 3 May 2024

6. Kiribati national elections begin on Wednesday, 13 August 2024

7. Kiribati ruling party likely to maintain power after strong showing in national elections, 21 August 2024

RNZ

1. Kiribati 'forced' to allow China visit says journalist, 26 May 2022

2. 'People are suffering': Kiribati's judicial crisis, 6 April 2023

3. After three and a half years Kiribati judicial crisis drags on, 8 September 2023

4. Q and A: The issues facing Kiribati as it prepares for elections, 5 August 2024

5. Cost of living and ID cards major concerns for Kiribati voters, 10 August 2024

6. Kiribati elections unofficial results: 'It is all community level effort where we ask each other’, 16 August 2024

7. Kiribati first sitting of new parliament on 13 Sept, 29 August 2024

8. Kiribati MPs to elect Speaker today, 13 September 2024

UNODC Press Release

1. New toolkit launched for Pacific Journalists Reporting on Corruption, 21 June 2023

SPC - The Pacific Community

1. A voice for the voiceless: How Tibiriano Kamariera is transforming animal care in Kiribati, 12 October 2025 (Commissioned work)

DEVPOLICY Talks

1. Uncovering Kiribati: Rimon Rimon on press freedom in the Pacific, 28 June 2025