Sodelpa joins Fiji coalition with Rabuka’s Alliance in split vote
Pacific Media Watch
The Social Democratic Liberal Party (Sodelpa) today decided to go into a coalition government in Fiji with the People’s Alliance and the...
‘Incitement’ complaint against top FijiFirst official handed on to CID
By Ian Chute in Suva
A complaint lodged against FijiFirst general secretary Aiyaz Sayed-Khaiyum for alleged incitement at the Totogo Police station yesterday has been...
Temaru accuses Tahitian minister of libel over China seabed deal claim
RNZ Pacific
French Polynesia's pro-independence leader Oscar Temaru has accused the environment minister of defamation over seabed mining.
Last week, Environment Minister Heremoana Maamaatuaiahutapu claimed Temaru's...
A knife-edge election in Fiji sees power shift – and a...
ANALYSIS: By Steven Ratuva, University of Canterbury
When the final election results were announced around 4pm on Sunday, many Fijians, at home and around the...
Tight Fiji police security for new Sodelpa party board meeting
By Arieta Vakasukawaqa in Suva
Tight police security will greet the Sodelpa management board meeting in Suva tomorrow when it will again decide the political...
‘Writing on the wall’ for authoritarian FijiFirst government, says Ratuva
By Felix Chaudhary in Suva
The incumbent FijiFirst government's appeal was beginning to wane and voters deserted the party “because of what they saw as...
Climate activist says NZ locked in a ‘compromised’ emissions scheme
RNZ News
A climate activist furious with the Aotearoa New Zealand government's watering down of the proposed emissions pricing scheme says he hopes for stronger...
‘PM at first sitting’ – Fiji’s former elections chief explains how
By Felix Chaudhary in Suva
Former Supervisor of Elections Jon Apted says that the coalition formed by the Social Democratic Liberal Party with the People’s...
Award-winning leadership professor calls on AUT to rethink redundancies
Pacific Media Watch
An award-winning professor of sport, leadership and governance has criticised her university's handling of recent redundancies of 170 academic staff, saying a...
Fijian Aucklanders see promise and hope with Rabuka as likely PM
RNZ Pacific
Many members of Auckland's Fiji community say they are "delighted and relieved" by last week's general election result.
Coup leader turned prime minister Voreqe...
Woman among favoured nominations for PNG governor-general
By Miriam Zarriga in Port Moresby
Papua New Guinea is close to voting in it first female Govenor-General after nominations for the post closed yesterday...
‘Nothing to concede’, says FijiFirst in wake of contested election
RNZ Pacific
The ruling FijiFirst party is refusing to concede the 2022 general election, saying it can only be called after the election of the...
Reports of ‘anomalies’ in Sodelpa vote to go with opposition parties
RNZ Pacific
Claims of irregularities in the vote to create a new coalition government formed in Fiji have emerged.
Internal disagreements have resurfaced within Sodelpa, Fiji's...
72 hours of talks ends Bainimarama era and opens door to...
By Rakesh Kumar in Suva
After 72 hours of negotiations ended yesterday, the Social Democratic Liberal Party finally chose the People’s Alliance party and National...
New Fiji coalition government ousts 16 years of Bainimarama rule
RNZ Pacific
Jubilant scenes in Suva tonight greeted Fiji's kingmaker party Sodelpa as it announced it will form a coalition with the People's Alliance-National Federation...
Fijians have ‘chosen a new way, a new path’ under Rabuka,...
FBC News
An official communication will be sent to Fiji's President confirming the new People’s Alliance, National Federation Party and Sodelpa government is ready to...
ERA knocks back ‘flawed’ attempt by AUT to axe 100 plus...
RNZ News
The Employment Relations Authority (ERA) has knocked-back an attempt by one of Aotearoa New Zealand's largest universities to axe more than 100 staff.
The...
PNG military chief warns troops to ‘shape up or ship out’
PNG Post-Courier
Papua New Guinea Defence Force commander Major-General Mark Goina has issued a warning to all serving members of the PNGDF to "shape up...
American Samoan nurses strike over failure to honour promised pay rises
RNZ Pacific
About 50 striking nurses have held a protest in American Samoa over their employment conditions.
The protest yesterday follows some nurses at the LBJ...
Rights group says security forces unlawfully killed 72 Papuans in past...
RNZ Pacific
A West Papua rights group claims Indonesian police and soldiers have carried out at least 72 extrajudicial killings over the past year.
The report...