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MEP Željana Zovko visits Australia

We were delighted to welcome MEP Željana Zovko, Vice-President of the EPP Group and European Parliament Rapporteur on Strategic Political Relations with Australia, and Benjamin Oppermann, EPP Policy Advisor on Foreign Affairs (AFET), to Australia this May.

Fact Finding Mission to New Zealand

Our new director, Sabina Woelkner, paid her inaugural visit to New Zealand as part of her fact-finding missions of the region!

Director of KAS Australia and the Pacific, Sabina Woelkner, visited Wellington and Auckland, New Zealand, from November 9 to 14, where she met with our partners and discussed topics related to EU-New Zealand relations, Indo-Pacific affairs, and KAS's roles in the region.

EU-NZ Business Summit

KAS Australia and the Pacific observed the 1st EU-NZ Business Summit.

The 1st EU-NZ Business Summit was held on 23/24 October 2025 in Auckland, presided over by New Zealand's Prime Minister, the Rt Hon Christopher Luxon.

EU-Pacific Business Forum

KAS Australia and the Pacific had the pleasure to attend the 1st EU-Pacific Business Forum held on 3-4 September in Nadi, Fiji.

The 1st EU-Pacific Business Forum was held under the theme 'Towards an investment partnership'. The forum brought high-level policymakers, private sector leaders, investors, and development partners from the EU and the Pacific to foster stronger economic ties between the two regions, and to accelerate sustainable development and economic diversification in the Pacific region.

The 54th Pacific Islands Forum Leaders Meeting (PIFLM)

The 54th PIFLM was convened under the theme 'Umi Tugeda: Act Now for an Integrated Blue Pacific Continent'

KAS Australia and the Pacific was pleased to attend the 54th PIFLM, held in Honiara, Solomon Islands.

6th PIURN Conference

‘Harnessing technologies for the safe and sustainable development of the Pacific’

Konrad Adenauer Stiftung – Regional Programme Australia and the Pacific (KAS Australia) had the pleasure to support the Pacific Islands Universities Regional Network (PIURN) Conference for the second time since its inception.

59th Otago Foreign Policy School

Small Powers and Strategic Competition in the Indo-Pacific

Konrad Adenauer Stiftung - Regional Programme Australia and the Pacific (KAS Australia) was pleased to support the Otago Foreign Policy School (OFPS) again this year

NZIIA Annual Conference 2025

‘Aotearoa New Zealand’s Foreign & Trade Policy in Contested Spaces – Prosperity, Security, Values’

Konrad Adenauer Stiftung - Regional Programme Australia and the Pacific (KAS Australia) was pleased to support the NZIIA Annual Conference again, specifically the Panel on Security in the Pacific Region.

2025 Pacific Update

Pacific Update is the premier forum for discussion of economic, social, political and environmental issues in the region.

Konrad Adenauer Stiftung - Regional Programme Australia and the Pacific was proud to support the Pacific Update again this year.

Pacific Legal Challenges - Maritime Borders and Statehood

Roundtable in Fiji

Konrad Adenauer Stiftung (Australia) in cooperation with the Embassy of Latvia in Australia is pleased to have implemented a Roundtable on "Pacific Legal Challenges - Maritime Borders and Statehood" at the Ministry of Foreign Affairs (MOFA) in Suva.

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The Konrad-Adenauer-Stiftung, its educational institutions, centres and foreign offices, offer several thousand events on various subjects each year. We provide up to date and exclusive reports on selected conferences, events and symposia at www.kas.de. In addition to a summary of the contents, you can also find additional material such as pictures, speeches, videos or audio clips.

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