Tag: Elections

By Bea Cupin in Manila Journalist and publisher Maria Ressa has called on tech and social media giants to practise “enlightened self-interest” amid a global...

Asia Pacific Report newsdesk Prime Minister James Marape has assured Papua New Guinea that the 2022 National General Election will go ahead as scheduled, reports...

By Soli Wilson in Apia Heavy rain early today failed to deter more than 1000 Human Rights Protection Party (HRPP) supporters who gathered in front...

By Sina Retzlaff in Apia Samoa's Parliament will convene tomorrow as originally planned The Supreme Court has issued orders to uphold the original proclamation, dated 20...

By Lagi Keresoma in Apia Samoa's Court of Appeal has dismissed the appeal by the Human Rights Protection Party (HRPP) against the Supreme Court’s ruling...

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...

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...

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...

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...

ANALYSIS: By Richard Shaw, Massey University; Bronwyn Hayward, University of Canterbury; Jack Vowles, Te Herenga Waka — Victoria University of Wellington; Jennifer Curtin, and...

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...

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...

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...

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....

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...