This report documents the findings and recommendations of the Joint Review of the Australia and New Zealand funded AUD$20.3 million Mama Graon – Vanuatu Land Program (MGP), commissioned by the Governments of Vanuatu, Australia and New Zealand in late 2012. The MGP was designed to support implementation of the Vanuatu Land Sector Framework (VLSF), a...

Following the renewed emphasis in 2008 on sustainable economic development as a core driver in the NZ Aid Programme, the New Zealand Ministry of Foreign Affairs and Trade (MFAT) began exploring options for strengthening its engagement in economic development in the Pacific Island Countries (PICs). This included investigating what additional support might be required to...

This independent evaluation was conducted to inform NZMFAT and LMNZ about the progress to date of the Bougainville Healthy Community Program; the lessons learned; and suggestions for future design of a next five-year phase and implications for rollout in PNG. The evaluation focused on village level assessments in 19 villages and hamlets in four Districts...

The New Zealand Government has supported Save the Children’s East Sepik Women and Children’s Health Programme (ESWCHP) since 1997. From the outset, this programme focused on developing a community-supported network of Village Health Volunteers (VHV) to provide primary health care in remote village settings in Papua New Guinea (PNG). A second phase of work began...

This evaluation determined the relevance, efficiency, effectiveness and sustainability of the Delegates Programme from 1 July 2008.