Tag: Elections
Biden presidency likely to be boost for climate change, West Papua...
By Laurens Ikinia in Auckland
US President-elect Joe Biden’s pledge to rejoin the Paris Climate Agreement is “fresh air” news for Pacific Islands countries, say...
Two former NZ prime ministers call for US to restore global...
Pacific Media Centre Newsdesk
Two former New Zealand prime ministers have called for an end to polarisation and the need for "healing" as the US...
Joe Biden headed for narrow victory in US presidential election
ANALYSIS: By Adrian Beaumont, University of Melbourne
Joe Biden is now poised to win the US presidency. The mail-in votes in Wisconsin and Michigan have...
Injecting real change in NZ – Greens must not shy away...
ANALYSIS: By Selwyn Manning, editor of EveningReport.nz
There is a mood circulating among some New Zealand circles that it would end badly for the Green...
Jacinda Ardern and Labour returned in NZ landslide — 5 experts...
ANALYSIS: By Richard Shaw, Massey University; Bronwyn Hayward, University of Canterbury; Jack Vowles, Te Herenga Waka — Victoria University of Wellington; Jennifer Curtin, and...
Māori Party heading back to NZ’s Parliament after electorate win
By RNZ News
The Māori Party looks set to secure a place back in New Zealand's Parliament after three years out in the cold.
Rawiri Waititi...
‘We will … govern for every New Zealander’, says Labour’s Ardern
By RNZ News
New Zealand's Labour leader Jacinda Ardern received a rapturous reception when she walked on stage at the Auckland Town Hall this evening.
With...
Jacinda Ardern on why Labour should form NZ’s next government
By RNZ News
New Zealand's Labour Party leader Jacinda Ardern today spoke on national radio about why she should continue as prime minister on the...
Final NZ election poll one day before vote points to Labour-Green...
By RNZ News
The last opinion poll before Saturday's general election on Saturday last night put Labour on 46 percent and National on 31 percent....
Obesity ‘a weakness’ and don’t blame state system, claims Collins
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...
Labour support slips in new NZ poll, but could still govern...
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...
Toroama declares independence top of agenda, offers ‘olive branch’ to rivals
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...
Bryan Bruce: A private school own goal and policy betrayal by...
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...
Robertson rejects National suggestion for PM to ‘step back’ over covid...
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...
Bougainvilleans go to polls today in spite of first covid-19 case
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...
Martyn Bradbury: TVNZ block on Māori Party for election debates shameful
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...
Ampatuan massacre justice aftermath with more fear of warlords, corruption
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...
Student journos form ‘biggest newsroom’ to cover election
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...
Jokowi’s camp ups ante against Prabowo’s ‘real count’ vote claim
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...
Jokowi wins second term in Indonesia, CSIS-Cyrus quick count shows
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...
Solomon Island’s election among ‘most corrupt’, says former PM
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...
West Papuans call for mass boycott of Indonesian elections
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...