Tag: Elections

By RNZ News National Party leader Judith Collins has described obesity as a weakness and says people should not "blame systems for personal choices". She was...

By RNZ News With just under three weeks until the election, Newshub's new political poll shows the gap is closing between Labour and National, but...

By Romulus Masiu in Port Moresby Full independence will be top of the agenda pledges Ishmael Toroama, the newly elected president for the Autonomous Region...

COMMENT: By Bryan Bruce Let me start by putting my education cards on the table. I think public money should fund public schools. If you...

By RNZ News Senior Labour MP Grant Robertson has rejected opposition National's suggestion that Prime Minister Jacinda Ardern step back from announcements on covid-19 alert...

By The Bougainvillean Bougainville is heading to the polls today amid its first case of the covid-19 in the fourth general election of Papua New Guinea’s...

COMMENT: By Martyn Bradbury TVNZ have made the decision to exclude the Māori Party from their election debates. The argument being forwarded by TVNZ is that...

The Rappler video feed on the Ampatuan convictions last month. For decades, the feared Ampatuan clan held sway in the impoverished province of Maguindanao in...

By Michael Andrew Journalism students across Australia collaborated in an immense project to cover the weekend's federal election. Organised through The Junction, a website showcasing and...

By Marguerite Afra Sapiie in Jakarta As tensions intensified between incumbent Joko “Jokowi” Widodo and challenger Prabowo Subianto over the expected results in the Indonesia...

By Karina M. Tehusijarana in Jakarta A quick count conducted by the Centre for Strategic and International Studies and Cyrus Network indicates that President Joko...

Pacific Media Centre Newsdesk Former Solomon Islands Prime Minister Ezekiel Alebua says that while last week's general election was peaceful, he claims it was also...

By Tom Stayner of SBS News A West Papuan independence leader and Nobel peace prize nominee is calling for a mass boycott of Indonesia’s upcoming...

By Koroi Tadulala in Suva The role of women in every segment of society is vital and this is slowly been reflected through more women...

By Sri Krishnamurthi “Fake News” was the catch phrase of the 2018 Fiji Elections – the second democratic elections since Commodore, now Prime Minister, Voreqe...

EDITORIAL COMMENT: By Fred Wesley, editor-in-chief of The Fiji Times Yesterday marked the end of the 2018 Fiji General Election. It marked the end of a...

By Wansolwara Staff It’s official. FijiFirst has narrowly won the 2018 general election in Fiji, raking in 227,241 votes (50.02 percent) from 2173 stations counted...

Pacific Media Centre Newsdesk Prime Minister Voreqe Bainimarama's FijiFirst party has triumphed in the general election and will govern for a second four-year term after...

By Wansolwara Staff Fiji's Supervisor of Elections has hit out at four political parties for making claims that the tabulation process for the provisional results...

ANALYSIS: By Dr Crosbie Walsh With the final results from 1715 (79 percent) of the 2173 polling stations now counted, who will form the next...

By Wansolwara Staff The ruling FijiFirst party has taken a narrow lead in the Fiji general election final results today ahead of the opposition Social...

By Wansolwara Staff Official poll results for the Fiji 2018 general election are trickling in slowly as the Social Democratic Liberal Party leads the race...