In our first post for 2018, Sarah chats to Ev about the vibe in New Zealand after a change of government; what she’s up to in Tonga; migration policy in the Pacific – and the year ahead for Impolitikal.

Evelyn Marsters is an academic research consultant and Deputy Editor at Impolitikal. She has a PhD in Development Studies from the University of Auckland. Read more by Evelyn.

Sarah Illingworth is Editor at Impolitikal, and Communications Officer for the Open University’s Learning and Teaching Innovation department (Translation lead). She has an MSc in Poverty and Development from the University of Manchester. Read more by Sarah.