“ This is a clear dissemination of how Australia and New Zealand administered Papua and island nations of the Pacific , which was under their care so everybody may have a clear understanding of why these countries are looking towards China with open arms whilst drowning in debt . One must understand that after the great war , the losing side lost her colonial overseas territories , the U.N handed over PNG and the Solomon Islands to Australia to administer , their islands colonies in the Pacific were given to New Zealand to administer . That was the status quo , to administer and when these dependent countries became independent they were left to their own devices . It was only the ones that have natural resources like gold ,copper, silver as in Papua and phosphates on Nauru are taken seriously , the rest are left to fend for themselves and stumble on hoping for the best . Yes ; aids was given but , it was according to what the donor country think the recipient Governments is in need of ; for various projects and only intermittently and far between , but for all that , it had a benevolent side to it because the aids were in the form of grants therefore no recipient country has to pay back anything . All this changed when China came into the the equation splurging aid monies left , right and centre which is a godsend to the impoverished islands because now they can get huge loans to do with as they please but , there is always a tag attached , like it may be long term with low interest loans but it's still a LOAN and has to be payed BACK ! now Pacific nations are saddled with humongous debts and China the " benevolent " is now asking for her " pound of flesh " I suppose one could lay the blame at the doorsteps of both the administering nations for not being more considerate and sympathetic to the need and demand of their little neighbours , therefore driving them into arms of the P. D R of China and TROUBLE . New Zealand and Australia should avoid and not coerce Governments to do anything that would benefit them , but be detrimental and cause unrest to the country concerned as in the case of the Police Commissioner in the Tonga Police Force ????. Was not he placed there in exchange for the continuation of aid to Tonga otherwise all deal are off ? ”