Polynesia, Micronesia and Development (PDD)

The Australia Awards provide opportunities for Tuvaluan students to undertake full time undergraduate or postgraduate study at tertiary institutions in Australia and the Pacific.

The Australia Awards provides Samoans with opportunities for tertiary study locally, and in Australia, and fosters people-to-people linkages. The program works in collaboration with Samoa’s Public Service Commission to ensure that scholarships on offer align with Samoa’s human resource capacity needs.

The Australia Awards provide opportunities for I-Kiribati students to study at tertiary institutions in Australia and the Pacific. The awards enable students to gain the skills and knowledge needed to contribute to their and Kiribati's development.

Australia provides aid to Niue through a delegated cooperation arrangement with New Zealand. New Zealand is the major donor to Niue. Australia's assistance focuses on waste management, education, and economic recovery.

Tuvalu, formerly known as the Ellice Islands, is located midway between Hawaii and Australia in the South Pacific Ocean. It comprises nine islands (four reef islands and five coral atolls).

The Kingdom of Tonga is a Polynesian country that lies to the south of Samoa, southeast of Fiji and north east of New Zealand. The Tongan archipelago is comprised of 176 islands, 36 of which are inhabited by a population of approximately 106,000.

Samoa is a Polynesian country northeast of Fiji. Samoa consists of four inhabited and a number of smaller, uninhabited islands.

The Republic of Palau consists of a tightly clustered archipelago of approximately 300 (Source: Palau Visitors Authority) islands with a total land area of 458 square kilometres, 1,500 kilometres to the east of the Philippines. The country's resident population of approximately 18,000 people live on nine of the islands.

The island of Niue is located in Polynesia, east of Tonga and northeast of New Zealand.