Marion Crawshaw

Guest writer

Marion Crawshaw is a Senior Fellow in the Centre for Strategic Studies at Victoria University of Wellington and a former New Zealand High Commissioner to Papua New Guinea and Solomon Islands.

Papua New Guinea’s Defence Force staff in training for the Covid-19 response. Photo: WHO

Papua New Guinea faces a Covid-19 catastrophe. NZ is nowhere to be seen

The picture looks increasingly like that of Italy a year ago. Australia is scrambling to provide support. Where is NZ?

By Marion Crawshaw | 19th March, 2021